Daniel Buren's 'Contre-architecture' and Mudam's 'Out-of-Sync' Explore Time and Space

Key facts

• Daniel Buren's installation 'Architecture, contre-architecture : transposition' at Mudam Luxembourg from October 9, 2010 to May 22, 2011.
• The installation replicates the smaller bell-shaped glass roof under the Grand Hall's larger one, creating a mise en abyme.
• Colored frames project ephemeral patterns with changing light.
• Group exhibition 'Out-of-Sync. The Paradoxes of Time' runs from February 17 to May 22, 2011.
• Exhibition includes works by Dan Graham, Bruce Nauman, Hiroshi Sugimoto, Tony Conrad, Laurent Montaron, Anri Sala, David Claerbout, and Manon de Boer.
• Bruce Nauman's 'Lip Sync' (1969) is featured, exploring image-sound desynchronization.
• Dan Graham's 'Present Continuous Past(s)' (1974) is presented in the basement.
• Anri Sala's 'After Three Minutes' (2007) juxtaposes retinal persistence and mechanical recording.
• Hiroshi Sugimoto's 'Theaters' series uses long-exposure photography to condense entire films.
• Tony Conrad's 'Yellow Movie 1/12-13/73' (1973) alters the film support.
• Laurent Montaron's 'Melancholia' (2005) repurposes a Roland RE-201 tape echo.
• David Claerbout's 'Untitled (Man under Arches)' (2000) uses delayed appearance of a figure.
• Mudam is built on the remains of an old fort, designed by Ieoh Ming Pei.
• Buren's other 2011 exhibitions: 'Échos, travaux in situ' at Centre Pompidou Metz (May 8 – September 9) and at Centre d'art contemporain, chapelle Jeanne d'Arc, Thouars (summer 2011).