Since her initial training at the Gerrit Rietveld Academie and later at the Rijksakademie in Amsterdam, Vibeke Mascini has developed a singular and fascinating body of research, focusing on energy transfer and the ways in which decaying matter can be transformed into an improbable source of electricity.

Often created in close collaboration with scientists, engineers, or musicians, her sculptures, installations, and videos seek to channel an intimate understanding of electricity by establishing a direct and sensory relationship with its source. Among the subjects of her research, the fat of a stranded whale, cocaine confiscated by customs services, or the hydraulic power of a melting glacier. These different elements have been used by the artist to generate electricity in installations that reflect on the often contradictory interconnections between humans and other forms of life – whether animal, plant, or geological.

The world is a verb gathers some of the artist’s most significant works from the past five years – existing, altered, or new. By exploring the complex relationship between an energy source and its user, Vibeke Mascini presents installations that are both moving and playful, where the most mysterious forces of nature meet the latest technology in the rapidly evolving field of energy storage systems.

Curator: Sandra Patron

Vibeke Mascini's exhibition, The world is a verb is supported by the Embassy of the Netherlands and the Mondriaan Fund.