Timelab

Located in Ghent, timelab is a platform and a working place for artists who are especially concerned with technology and society. Its program comprises Belgium's first real public fabLab, Make it!, where on Friday Open Lab Days people can come to realize their own designs. Apart from this public function the fabLab is also the place where new machines are being developed. It also includes an artists-in-residence programme, to which timelab invites artists from diverse backgrounds. For some of these artists the link with technology is all-important, whilst others start from a contemplative standpoint connected to art, technology and society. Important is the social research that is part of timelab's workings: the Fabcases examine the social relevance of technology and of the Fablab/Timelab. 

timelab also organises get-togethers where artists, experts and other interested parties can meet, exchange ideas and find inspiration. In addition to the numerous get-togethers in the fabLab and a series of training programs, there is an annual summercamp (Summercamp Electrified), which is an intensive ten-day encounter in the city of Ghent for twelve local and international artists operating in different fields. Finally, every year in early spring timelab organises an event under the name timelab OPEN to look into its state of play.