LMNO presents an exhibition by the duo Detanico/Lain and inaugurates a space dedicated to ecology in the pavilions of Bois de La Cambre

After Adrien Lucca's inaugural exhibition, Brussels gallery LMNO, located in the historical pavilions of Bois de la Cambre, will open its second exhibition on 4 September as part of RendezVous — Brussels Art Week. The Pavilion of 544 Avenue Louise hosts "Two Voices", a solo exhibition of the duo Detanico/Lain, while the Pavilion at 589 opens to the public for the first time by welcoming the non-profit Ecologisons-Nous!, a platform dedicated to the crossovers between contemporary art and its connections with ecology.

More than just a gallery, LMNO is a true artistic and intellectual laboratory: a space where conteporary art, ecology, science and society meet. Since 2016, the gallery has supported artist whose works encourages dialogue between different fields of knowledge — science, history, literature, politics — placing particular emphasis on environmental and social issues. In parallel, LMNO has developed an artist residency program at Bois de Fa, a 6.5-hectare ​ experimental garden located in Grez-Doiceau, in Walloon Brabant.

Since 2025, LMNO has been based in the two pavilions of Bois de la Cambre, listed as historic monuments since 1998. This new venue asserts its unique vocation: a space for research and cross-disciplinary dialogue where exhibitions, conferences, screenings, performances, and research intersect. Among the upcoming events is the screening of the film Wolfgang Laib, Here And Far Beyond by Anna Maria Taipenner, presented by JAP on Sunday, 7 September. During the course of September, the first lecture in a monthly series will be given by Christophe Veys, art historian and Director of the Centre de la Gravure et de l’Image Imprimée in La Louvière.

544, Avenue Louise : Detanico/Lain "Two Voices" 

For their fourth solo exhibition at LMNO, the artist duo Detanico/Lain have chosen the title Two Voices, taken from a body of work of the same name, unfolding across the gallery’s three floors and featuring sculptures, works on paper, videos, and a performance.

“Two Voices questions the way we share our ideas, emotions, knowledge and how art can offer new ways of translation between disciplines, individuals and times."

In the basement, the artistic duo projects Or, autrement (2006) — a two-channel video in which the image of a still life by Jan Davidsz de Heem gradually deforms through pixel transfer. The work thus evokes irreversibility and reinterprets the still life genre through an anagram.

On the ground floor, Detanico/Lain presents the works of the series "Two Voices" (2012–2025). These prints on Kozo paper play with languages and modes of expressions, bringing into dialogue authors, thinkers, and philosophers from all eras and origins. The two voices meet, intermingle, merge, and separate, creating a space of tension and listening, on the threshold of translation, echo, and dissonance.

Also on display on the ground floor are sculptures from the Setting Stones series, made from rock fragments loaned by the Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences. This series explores the artists' interest in the Japanese poet Kitasono Katue (1902-1978).

The works in the series Pilha are captivating installations that explore the interaction between nature, language, and human perception. These artworks invite the viewer to contemplate the subsoil of southern Belgium and, by extension, the evolving relationship between culture and nature.

One work from the seriesVanitas links nature, word, and time. Vases of frozen flowers evoke the fragile and ephemeral beauty of nature and a meditation on the passing of time.

On the first floor, the pavilion is transformed into a theater for a projection in the form of a revisited diptych. Images of the sun and the moon are projected onto the gallery walls, synchronised with Brussels’ real-time clock. They cross, alternate, and eventually meet at certain hours of the day.

As part of this solo exhibition, a performance (by reservation only) will be presented by two opera singers in residence at the Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel, activating the exhibition space for one evening. Conceived as a direct resonance with the two projections, the performance places listening at the center of the experience. Through voices, silence, and rhythm, it offers a sensitive reading of the invisible structures that underlie our perception of the world.

589, Avenue Louise : a second new space dedicated to exchanges between different disciplines and publics

The exhibition Two Voices also marks the opening of the pavilion located at 589 Avenue Louise, dedicated to the non-profit organisation Ecologisons-Nous!. It positions itself as a unique space within the cultural landscape, devoted to the cross-disciplinarity of contemporary arts and their connections with ecology. It provides an open framework for formal and conceptual experimentation, promoting encounters and exchanges between different disciplines and audiences.

This inauguration marks the beginning of a collaboration with:

This space will also provide the opportunity to present a selection of earlier works by Detanico/Lain such as Rêve, Quanta Cor, and 27 rue de Fleurus. In addition, Adrien Lucca’s immersive installation Mondes Parallèles / Fleurs, shown at 544 during his recent exhibition À l’Aube du Crépuscule, will be presented again. It invites visitors into a sensory and spatial experience where light, colour, and perception enter into dialogue. By playing with optical effects and spatial interactions, the artist creates a work where science and aesthetics meet, thereby transforming our perception of the environment.

PRACTICAL INFORMATION

Detanico/Lain
​Two Voices
​04.09 - 31.10.2025
​LMNO
​544 & 589 avenue Louise, 1000 Brussels

Préview : 3 September, 5 pm - 8 pm with a performance at 6 pm (by reservation only)

Exceptional opening on Sunday, 7 September (as part of Brussels Art Week)

ABOUT DETANICO/LAIN ​
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​Angela Detanico and Rafael Lain (b. 1973 and 1974, Brazil; live and work between Paris and Brazil) have formed a singular artistic duo for over twenty years, whose work blends linguistic inquiry, scientific systems, and visual poetry. In 2024, they were nominated for the 24th Prix Marcel Duchamp.

Since the early 2000s, they have established themselves on the international scene with a practice that subtly deconstructs and reinvents the codes of representation. Fascinated by what escapes human perception—the immensity of time, space, and the cosmos—they draw inspiration from scientific, mathematical, and literary sources to invent new forms of writing and visualization.

Their approach, both conceptual and technically polymorphic, explores sound, animation, graphic design, sculpture, and installation. Angela Detanico trained in linguistics and semiotics, Rafael Lain in graphic design; their collaboration is rooted in a shared interest in language, signs, and notation systems.

At the heart of their practice is a reflection on the representation of time, its measurement, and its inscription in visual and symbolic forms. They create original alphabets where letters and shapes merge, giving rise to conceptual and sensitive typographies, realized in installations, animations, or printed works.

By making language both a medium and a subject, Detanico/Lain explore its dual nature: as a tool of communication and as a cultural artifact. Their work oscillates between archaism and technology, rationality and poetry. Through calendars, maps, and cosmic diagrams, they examine the structures that govern our lives and propose new, coded ways of seeing.

For them, form is inseparable from meaning: a space where signs, time, and knowledge converge in a world in perpetual translation.

ABOUT LMNO

LMNO was founded in 2016 under the initiative of Natacha Mottart, Christophe Veys, and Olivier Legrain. The gallery has developed around a simple yet complex mission: « To bring the life sciences into the world of contemporary art, and contemporary art into the world of the life sciences». LMNO champions, shares, and supports artists whose practice enables dialogue between different fields of knowledge, such as science, history, literature, and politics.

Since June 2021, LMNO has developed an artist residency programme using Bois de Fa as a creative playground. Bois de Fa is a 6.5-hectare experimental garden located in Grez-Doiceau, in Walloon Brabant. It was conceived, planned, nurtured, built, and enriched by a team of specialists. The aim of the residency is to foster innovative and experimental artistic projects that can draw inspiration from the spirit of the place, exploring possible futures for humanity that reconcile Nature and Culture. In collaboration with UCL and Pulsart, the programme encourages artistic research addressing coexistence with other forms of life and enhances public awareness of ecological issues. By promoting links between artistic and scientific domains, LMNO seeks to transform societal perceptions of environmental challenges, embodying the conviction that art plays a crucial role in shaping our relationship with the living world.

« We firmly believe that artists have the ability to open us to new ways of seeing and interacting with the world, to challenge traditional frameworks of thought, to awaken our sensibilities, and to free our imagination.»
​​— Natacha Mottart, co-founder of LMNO