The third episode in the exhibition series Unfolding the Archives shines the spotlight on interior architects Claire Bataille (1940) en Paul ibens (1939-2020). Their influence on interior architecture in Belgium and abroad is significant. The designer duo enjoyed international acclaim with the patented construction system "78 Plus" (1978) and the H²O table (1993). Bataille & ibens' style is characterized by simplicity, they called it "invisible present". The exhibition takes ‘detail’ as its starting point and, in so doing, offers a new perspective on the oeuvre of the famous designer duo.

Exhibition
20.05.2021 – 26.09.2021, deSingel, Antwerp

Opening event
19.05.2021 at 8pm, YouTube

The power of the intervention lies in the balance between what is there and what is being transformed; the result must be experienced afterwards as the evidence itself, as if the transformation had always been there.

‐ Paul ibens

production
Flanders Architecture Institute and deSingel
curator
Eva Storgaard

exhibition
Unfolding the Archives #3 Bataille & ibens
deSingel International Arts Campus, Antwerp
Thu 20 Mau → Sun 26 Sep 2021
open Wed → Sun / 2 → 7pm and during evening performances
(closed on Mon, Tue)
free, but you need to register at vai.be

openingevent
Unfolding the Archives #3 Bataille & ibens
Wed 19 May 2021 – online at 8pm
VAi YouTube-channel

Special thanks to
Claire Bataille, Paul ibens, Titania Van de Velde, Iris Van der Schueren, Paul Wauters, Eva Plasmans, Marc Dubois, Moniek Bucquoye, Campus Vesta, Bulo

The programme of the Flanders Architecture Institute is made possible by
Reynaers Aluminium, Bulo, Gyproc, Stone, Modular, Febelcem, Wienerberger en Forster Dejond

Egon Verleye
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