Artistic Position
Since 2007 LAB BINÆR has been creating interdisciplinary art projects at the intersection of technology, society, and space. The collective explores new aesthetic formats where analog and digital realities interweave. Its artistic practice is grounded in the belief that every idea demands its own medium – and sometimes that medium needs to be invented. Each project emerges through experimental processes, combining visual, acoustic, and tactile elements with participatory strategies.
LAB BINÆR engages with socially relevant issues – ranging from urban transformation and digital rituals to posthuman narratives – and translates them into site- and context-specific installations.
The team, led by founder and artistic director Benjamin Stechele, collaborates on a project basis with experts from crafts, science, and technology.
Art in Architecture
Winner Justizvollzugsanstalt, Niederschönenfeld . Finalist Polizeiinspektion, Landstuhl . Winner Justizvollzugsanstalt, Kaisheim . Winner Polizeiinspektion, Burgau . Finalist Berufsbildungs- und Technologiezentrum, Augsburg . Finalist Strafjustizzentrum, Nürnberg . Finalist UN Campus Bonn . Finalist Mahnmal Bücherverbrennung, Salzburg . Winner Amtsgericht Günzburg . Finalist Max-Delbrück-Centrum, Berlin . Finalist Erweiterungsbau Bayerisches Landesamt für Umwelt, Munich . Finalist nova facade, Trondheim . Winner Neue Stadtbücherei Augsburg . Finalist Duale Hochschule Heidenheim
Awards and Prices
Art sponsorship award of the city of Augsburg . Winner Celeste Prize in the category »Installation, Sculpture, Live Media & Performance« . Winner FERCHAU Art of Engineering . Awarded the »Kultur- und Kreativpilot Deutschland« . Jury Recommended Work at Japan Media Arts Festival . Honorary Mention at Digital Sparks . Quality Seal at Europrix Multimedia Award
