IMAGINAIR Art/space is a Brussels gallery focusing on collectible design and photography, founded by multidisciplinary artist Katrien Vanderbiest and artist/designer Geoffrey Lambert, both Brussels-based.
IMAGINAIR Art/space & gallery is located in Brussels Chatelain, a very international neighbourhood full of galleries, design and fashion, photography,
interesting architecture and plenty of fine restaurants and bars.
The place to be an Art/space, in the creative cosmopolitan city we love.
As an artist-led space, IMAGINAIR works with a core group of designers, whose work is brought together into diverse scenographies that we present to the public in changing SHOWS.
The scenography creates a space in which the collective’s work enters into dialogue with each other and with that of photographers and artists from the IMAGINAIR network.
Rather than presenting in a white-cube, the scenography becomes a work of art in itself.
As an interior does, we bring together functionality, atmosphere and aesthetics as well as a deeper artistic layer.
With an understanding of and love for design and art history, our scenographies aim to create a contemporary yet undefined time in which influences become tangible.
Multidisciplinarity is a necessity here, functionality becomes a broad and flexible concept.
The artists, be they makers, designers or photographers, as unique inhabitants of the space in which their work comes to life.
IMAGINAIR Artspace aims to be a contemporary BAUHAUS, where new creations can emerge from the interaction between media, a movement that also reflects on sales, commerciality and society.
The approach, in which creatives of all kinds work together and present themselves as a collective working on an equal footing, aims to raise an innovative voice in a world of fast consumption, where objects are not made to last and where art and design are all too often seen as a luxury for the happy few.
What can design be, when does something become art, what can both domains learn from each other, how can we initiate a contemporary and artist-led movement working on the intersection of art & design. How can the artistic provide a more conscious way of consumption. What does imagination mean, what is the power of IMAGINAIR?
Contemporary, with respect for people and their surroundings.
Collaboration over competition, strong from united efforts.
IMAGINAIR Art/space loves Brussels as a cosmopolitan city and surfs on the positive force emanating from a super-diverse society. The connectedness that comes from creativity is stronger than differences that divide.
From that perspective we link up with urban strongholds such as Brussels Design September and PhotoBrussels Festival.
Creativity as an innovative model in which the artist, maker and designer works from an understanding of the potential his work has for generating positive change.
Not waiting for approval but trendsetting and strong on its feet.
