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The Labyrinth
Limburg Public Structural Sculpture ? design by Gijs Van Vaerenbergh
page updated with new photos 23 Dec 2016 ; 30 Jul 2015
The Labyrinth in Genk
Design: Gijs Van Vaerenbergh
Location: Genk, Limburg, Belgium

Labyrinth ? an exhibition of boolean voids

Gijs Van Vaerenbergh Builds an Experimental Labyrinth at C-mine Art Centre

Gijs Van Vaerenbergh ? a collaboration of young Belgian architects and artists Pieterjan Gijs (1983) en Arnout Van Vaerenbergh (1983) ? realized an experimental labyrinth to mark the tenth birthday of arts centre C-mine (Genk, Belgium).

The installation Labyrinth invites the spectator to walk through one kilometre of steel corridors. A series of Boolean transformations create spaces and perspectives that reinterpret the traditional labyrinth.
?Labyrinth? is a sculptural installation that focuses on the experience of space. The work originated from Gijs Van Vaerenbergh?s interest in fundamental architectural typologies; earlier installations were for example based on the city gate, bridge, wall, dome? Gijs Van Vaerenbergh view the age-old form of the labyrinth as architecture in its essential form; a compositions of walls that define spaces.

The installation measures 37.5 by 37.5 metres and consists of 1 kilometre of walls (186 ton), made out of steel plates that are 5 mm thick and 5 m high. Out of this structure, large elementary shapes are cut ? a sphere, a cylinder...