https://vibekemascini.com Vibeke Mascini Wed, 09 Apr 2025 00:36:36 +0000 https://vibekemascini.com en https://vibekemascini.com/Jolt-ii Wed, 09 Apr 2025 00:36:36 +0000 Vibeke Mascini https://vibekemascini.com/Jolt-ii Jolt, ii 2025Departing from the understanding of electricity sockets as portals, Jolt acknowledges the open ended systems of energy transference. In a combination of electric cable, copper wire, resin casts, taxidermied moth and a collection of international night lights depicting butterfly, Jolt conveys the electric cable as a vehicle through which electric current and memory run simultaneously, connecting processes marked by destruction and metamorphoses with our everyday electric activities. &nbsp; extension cable, copper wire, resin, death hawk moth, internation night lights depicting butterfly. images installation view at Capc, Musée d’art contemporain de Bordeaux, by Arthur Pequin <img width="4998" height="6999" width_o="4998" height_o="6999" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3284e60b8c2aedb7b0bfba5a5854fa108d1aedd00ac7c21bc1203c2f19c59a22/Capc_Le_monde_est_un_verbe_032025_photo_Arthur_Pequin_DSF4677-copy.jpg" data-mid="229530235" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3284e60b8c2aedb7b0bfba5a5854fa108d1aedd00ac7c21bc1203c2f19c59a22/Capc_Le_monde_est_un_verbe_032025_photo_Arthur_Pequin_DSF4677-copy.jpg" /><img width="3283" height="4925" width_o="3283" height_o="4925" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0943f9f27acc8d95fe327d8ac01cc4751abeef84b7ab82c2732ddefb103515e8/Expo-JAN-2025-9_installation-shot-of-solo-exhibition-Digits-at-Kunstenlab_image-by-Koen-Kievits.jpg" data-mid="229530256" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0943f9f27acc8d95fe327d8ac01cc4751abeef84b7ab82c2732ddefb103515e8/Expo-JAN-2025-9_installation-shot-of-solo-exhibition-Digits-at-Kunstenlab_image-by-Koen-Kievits.jpg" /> https://vibekemascini.com/Prelude Tue, 01 Apr 2025 12:28:27 +0000 Vibeke Mascini https://vibekemascini.com/Prelude Prelude 2025 Prelude takes the form of a series of flowers illuminated by night lights plugged directly into the building’s infrastructure. Night lights are a recurring motif in Mascini’s practice, offering calm and serenity to better face the night. This concept of an empathetic transitional state between day and night, and more metaphorically between life and death, is central to Mascini’s work. It is reinforced here by the living element of the flowers, which, throughout the duration of exhibition, mature, wither, and are subsequently replaced by fresh flowers. This process of bloom and decay is accentuated as it gradually changes the color of the light in the entire space. This installation —marking the entrance of the solo exhibition Le monde est un verbe at Capc in Bordeaux between March-September 2025—thus introduces the core research of Mascini’s practice: making tangible the electricity that invisibly shapes our reality and poetically exploring the thoughtful interrelationships between the living world and our technological infrastructures. flowers (amaryllis, delphinium), glass tubes, water, LED strips, adapter, electrical wires, metal fittings variable dimensionsimage 1-3 &nbsp;installation views at Capc Musée d’art contemporain de Bordeaux, by Arthur Pequin <img width="1920" height="1371" width_o="1920" height_o="1371" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/bd6caaa6cabc9e6d633024a427b02680be9d8b74afd8cfc4d5e97cf04b0bbcbf/Web_Capc_Le_monde_est_un_verbe_032025_photo_Arthur_Pequin_DSF3501.jpg" data-mid="229108815" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/bd6caaa6cabc9e6d633024a427b02680be9d8b74afd8cfc4d5e97cf04b0bbcbf/Web_Capc_Le_monde_est_un_verbe_032025_photo_Arthur_Pequin_DSF3501.jpg" /><img width="7374" height="5267" width_o="7374" height_o="5267" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/92e1740c1c9073cf55479b4c8115f03acb0a28a47fb22f539dfa69939ee68788/Capc_Le_monde_est_un_verbe_032025_photo_Arthur_Pequin_DSF3714_Prelude-panorama.jpg" data-mid="232752571" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/92e1740c1c9073cf55479b4c8115f03acb0a28a47fb22f539dfa69939ee68788/Capc_Le_monde_est_un_verbe_032025_photo_Arthur_Pequin_DSF3714_Prelude-panorama.jpg" /><img width="7272" height="5193" width_o="7272" height_o="5193" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e43a24849a458792804817fec5b19a22fca68b36851d6d280ed40990fe9265ce/Capc_Le_monde_est_un_verbe_032025_photo_Arthur_Pequin_DSF3695_panorama.jpg" data-mid="232752403" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e43a24849a458792804817fec5b19a22fca68b36851d6d280ed40990fe9265ce/Capc_Le_monde_est_un_verbe_032025_photo_Arthur_Pequin_DSF3695_panorama.jpg" /> https://vibekemascini.com/Candela Tue, 01 Apr 2025 12:26:26 +0000 Vibeke Mascini https://vibekemascini.com/Candela Candela 2025Mysticeti spec. stranding-46432 Every whale stranding is an omen, informing us of the state of the world ocean. Way beyond measurements — of heavy metals and other pollutants — being with stranded whales offers a glimpse of that which is non-measurable. And yet, our world is sometimes expressed through the whale bodies. Until the 19th century, the candle was considered the main source of artificial light. Emerging from the desire to make light measurable, the “candela” (Latin for candle) was recognized as the standard unit of luminous intensity since 1860. 1 Candela equals the light coming from the brightest candle flame, burning on a waxy substance derived from the sperm whale. To this day, the candela is an international unit of measurement, and the flame of whale fat resonates in the designation of illumination of the Lumen en de Lux. 7kWh energy generated from whale remains, lithium batteries, transformer, battery management system, modified electric candle, tin candle holderimages show installation views at Kunstenlab, Deventer by Koen Kievits <img width="5661" height="3774" width_o="5661" height_o="3774" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/88197685a440f0d4e28a3b51b02825b62a7c46106078b7de856e7882487a2425/image003_installation-shot-of-solo-exhibition-Digits-at-Kunstenlab_image-by-Koen-Kievits.jpg" data-mid="229108791" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/88197685a440f0d4e28a3b51b02825b62a7c46106078b7de856e7882487a2425/image003_installation-shot-of-solo-exhibition-Digits-at-Kunstenlab_image-by-Koen-Kievits.jpg" /><img width="2730" height="4095" width_o="2730" height_o="4095" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2df8b343c22958ff5714bdca8a609c14674860a21628a4d2b7afb81da43bd1ab/image004_installation-shot-of-solo-exhibition-Digits-at-Kunstenlab_image-by-Koen-Kievits.jpg" data-mid="229108792" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2df8b343c22958ff5714bdca8a609c14674860a21628a4d2b7afb81da43bd1ab/image004_installation-shot-of-solo-exhibition-Digits-at-Kunstenlab_image-by-Koen-Kievits.jpg" /> https://vibekemascini.com/Amber-or-Elektron Thu, 27 Feb 2025 20:29:43 +0000 Vibeke Mascini https://vibekemascini.com/Amber-or-Elektron Amber (or Elektron) 2025Amber (or Elektron) explores the wisdom of the elder, which is transmitted like the electric spark coming from the ancient material of amber stone - a material known for its animating properties, which made the old Greek call it by the name of 'elektron'. Binding together two seemingly distant musical traditions, lullaby and reggaeton, the self initiated genre of the “lullaeton”* delves into the deep corporeal relation to rocking or cradling of the body as a way of soothing and comforting. Protagonists in the other two chapters of the lullaeton project include my child-hood history teacher and my lover - represented solely by their hands performing curated manual gestures. Amber (or Elektron) explores the character of the grandmother, whose care and nourishment I consider defining in learning about the earth's metabolisms. *lullaeton is imagined in a long term collaboration with composer Nicolás Sánchez aka nyksan 4K video, stereo sound. 7min35sec starring: Emmy Bangert-Leerink sound composition: Nicolás Sánchez sound mixing: Diego Andrés Contento master of photography: Tomasz Skibicki editing: Tomasz Skibicki and Vibeke Mascini color grading: Kyulim Kimimage installation view at Digits, a solo exhibition curated by Gerda van de Glind at Kunstenlab, NL*please send an email if you would like a link to view and listen the entire videoimage 1-3 stills from the video image 4 installation view at Kunstenlab by Koen Kievits <img width="3840" height="2160" width_o="3840" height_o="2160" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9194560570facc131f83e89c163bde6aede2a83f73bd998b5018ee65fd1c4c4f/AMBER-COLOR-CORRECT-23.01..1059.Still003.jpg" data-mid="227364450" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9194560570facc131f83e89c163bde6aede2a83f73bd998b5018ee65fd1c4c4f/AMBER-COLOR-CORRECT-23.01..1059.Still003.jpg" /><img width="3840" height="2160" width_o="3840" height_o="2160" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4df6701228f99eae3336de699acf64d6309ea5748aacb8499833e913bb2034fb/AMBER-COLOR-CORRECT-23.01..3023.Still002.jpg" data-mid="227364451" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4df6701228f99eae3336de699acf64d6309ea5748aacb8499833e913bb2034fb/AMBER-COLOR-CORRECT-23.01..3023.Still002.jpg" /><img width="3840" height="2160" width_o="3840" height_o="2160" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2322c8b582adf01c3c1c9b06a8c07b9326ac642b22445aa4bd5083a70366e17d/AMBER-COLOR-CORRECT-23.01..10229.Still012.jpg" data-mid="227364465" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2322c8b582adf01c3c1c9b06a8c07b9326ac642b22445aa4bd5083a70366e17d/AMBER-COLOR-CORRECT-23.01..10229.Still012.jpg" /><img width="2227" height="2890" width_o="2227" height_o="2890" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/08f28079fade7405c990c6756fa86241e06dcba62e96fabb4ed29cf7e71e1cb7/image007_installation-shot-of-solo-exhibition-Digits-at-Kunstenlab_image-by-Koen-Kievits.jpg" data-mid="227364689" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/08f28079fade7405c990c6756fa86241e06dcba62e96fabb4ed29cf7e71e1cb7/image007_installation-shot-of-solo-exhibition-Digits-at-Kunstenlab_image-by-Koen-Kievits.jpg" /> https://vibekemascini.com/Instar-3-9-kWh Tue, 10 Sep 2024 16:02:05 +0000 Vibeke Mascini https://vibekemascini.com/Instar-3-9-kWh Instar (3.9 kWh)2024 Instar harnesses the energy generated from incinerating cocaine and crystal meth that was confiscated by customs during attempted smuggling in the ports of Rotterdam, the Netherlands, in the spring of 2024. Transferred into a lithium battery, the harvested energy powersa nebulizer which, as the battery discharges, emits a scented essence based in ozone. The adrenaline-inducing smell can naturally be found in the air just before lightning strikes; it also resembles the scent of old electrical equipment on the verge of burn-down. *see also Instar&nbsp;(3.9 kWh), 2023 Instar (6.9 kWh), 2023 Instar (7.1 kWh), 2021 Electricity generated from burning confiscated cocaine and crystal meth, lithium batteries, transformer, battery management system, timer, electric nebulizer, altered borosilicate glass reservoir, and dissolved floral ozone. Many thanks to: Jeanine Verloop (glass work), Frank Bloem (scent developer),&nbsp;Peter-Jan Schouten (EV Europe),&nbsp; HARC authorities, including Dutch customs team Douane Belastingdienst, Stefanie Hessler (curator and director at SI), Alison Coplan (chief Curator at SI) KJ Abudu (assistant curator at &nbsp;SI) and Clara Prat-Gay (curatorial assistant at SI) and&nbsp;all the team at Swiss Institute. This project was made possible with the generous support of Mondriaan Fund. exhibition views at Swiss Institute, NYC photo 1: Daniel Pérez photo 2: Vibeke Mascini photo 3: customs official ︎︎︎download the complete exhibition guide of Swiss Institute <img width="2200" height="1467" width_o="2200" height_o="1467" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a00a97409de9b84e2cab4aea16d16610dbc44bca1847f1f96310c7086cc07363/-photos-are-by-Daniel-Perez--courtesy-of-Swiss-Institute---SI-Energies-WEB-151.jpg" data-mid="220062903" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a00a97409de9b84e2cab4aea16d16610dbc44bca1847f1f96310c7086cc07363/-photos-are-by-Daniel-Perez--courtesy-of-Swiss-Institute---SI-Energies-WEB-151.jpg" /><img width="6720" height="8504" width_o="6720" height_o="8504" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6662c86d6f5797e10a6963e2fbc2ac3d86de9471162d5cd1ca6fb02495906ff0/Instar-nebulizer_Vibeke-Mascini-web.jpg" data-mid="220064154" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6662c86d6f5797e10a6963e2fbc2ac3d86de9471162d5cd1ca6fb02495906ff0/Instar-nebulizer_Vibeke-Mascini-web.jpg" /><img width="6720" height="8504" width_o="6720" height_o="8504" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/cda6da719c323af98200e6f342f1a41c668a2da84d988ffa8d49b641c8632172/Instar-process-documentation-customs_Vibeke-Mascini-web.jpg" data-mid="220064153" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/cda6da719c323af98200e6f342f1a41c668a2da84d988ffa8d49b641c8632172/Instar-process-documentation-customs_Vibeke-Mascini-web.jpg" /> https://vibekemascini.com/The-Spectacle Tue, 10 Sep 2024 15:48:38 +0000 Vibeke Mascini https://vibekemascini.com/The-Spectacle The Spectacle 2024 Hidden with the brooms - usually behind a cupboard and some spider webs - reside the neural networks of the spaces we inhabit. The electricity meter marks our electric behaviours that activate remote networks with the flip of a switch. With The Spectacle Mascini converges our attention to the&nbsp;vast electric infrastructure that is meticulously hidden from sight, by pointing to&nbsp;a series of cryptic digits. In this way the viewer becomes both a player and an audience to the mundane electric spectacle&nbsp;that appears remote and deeply intimate at the same time. The Spectacle is an ongoing series of permanent installations and interventions within different art organisations. Permanent intervention within the Van Gogh House on 87 Hackford Road in London, including&nbsp;two binoculars, one monocular, holes in an on-site cabinet. Many thanks to: curators Anna Bromwich and Livia Wang and all the team at Van Gogh House London, Marco (electrician), Ramses Almanza (market place support). This project, following an artist-in-residency period at Van Gogh House, was made possible with the generous support of Mondriaan Fund and the Dutch Embassy in London. Commissioned by Van Gogh House. Photograph by Jack Elliot Edwards, copyright Van Gogh House. <img width="2880" height="1920" width_o="2880" height_o="1920" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c8c8b915ffe955e520f87dc99e42b32e5db1b07d35698b0d7a2087244431eec7/Vibeke-Mascini--The-Spectacle--detail--2024.-Commissioned-by-Van-Gogh-House.-Photograph-by-Jack-Elliot-Edwards--copyright-Van-Gogh-House.VI53951.JPG" data-mid="218760055" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c8c8b915ffe955e520f87dc99e42b32e5db1b07d35698b0d7a2087244431eec7/Vibeke-Mascini--The-Spectacle--detail--2024.-Commissioned-by-Van-Gogh-House.-Photograph-by-Jack-Elliot-Edwards--copyright-Van-Gogh-House.VI53951.JPG" /><img width="2880" height="1920" width_o="2880" height_o="1920" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5eb89df94a462abd81fb3bd530ba89138ed32023ec71290fa0ac88235f2780b4/Vibeke-Mascini--The-Spectacle--detail--2024.-Commissioned-by-Van-Gogh-House.-Photograph-by-Jack-Elliot-Edwards--copyright-Van-Gogh-House.VIBA601.JPG" data-mid="218760056" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5eb89df94a462abd81fb3bd530ba89138ed32023ec71290fa0ac88235f2780b4/Vibeke-Mascini--The-Spectacle--detail--2024.-Commissioned-by-Van-Gogh-House.-Photograph-by-Jack-Elliot-Edwards--copyright-Van-Gogh-House.VIBA601.JPG" /><img width="1920" height="2880" width_o="1920" height_o="2880" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9bd81c6a730486c69d2be744b537eeaa14d09211d1e2150d840250a6529490d8/Vibeke-Mascini--The-Spectacle--installation-view--2024.-Commissioned-by-Van-Gogh-House.-Photograph-by-Jack-Elliot-Edwards--copyright-Van-Gogh-House.1.jpg" data-mid="218760080" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9bd81c6a730486c69d2be744b537eeaa14d09211d1e2150d840250a6529490d8/Vibeke-Mascini--The-Spectacle--installation-view--2024.-Commissioned-by-Van-Gogh-House.-Photograph-by-Jack-Elliot-Edwards--copyright-Van-Gogh-House.1.jpg" /><img width="2880" height="1920" width_o="2880" height_o="1920" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5aa3776b85f840cdbf2be53105b6121d9d79dfa3cece4d8834507eba2802586e/Vibeke-Mascini--The-Spectacle--detail--2024.-Commissioned-by-Van-Gogh-House.-Photograph-by-Jack-Elliot-Edwards--copyright-Van-Gogh-House..jpg" data-mid="218760053" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5aa3776b85f840cdbf2be53105b6121d9d79dfa3cece4d8834507eba2802586e/Vibeke-Mascini--The-Spectacle--detail--2024.-Commissioned-by-Van-Gogh-House.-Photograph-by-Jack-Elliot-Edwards--copyright-Van-Gogh-House..jpg" /><img width="2880" height="1920" width_o="2880" height_o="1920" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/753107f1928971d3792fe2ed97923c56d81cbdb7b819ea7da9eac45f342a2fbd/Vibeke-Mascini--The-Spectacle--detail--2024.-Commissioned-by-Van-Gogh-House.-Photograph-by-Jack-Elliot-Edwards--copyright-Van-Gogh-House.VI84B91.JPG" data-mid="218760054" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/753107f1928971d3792fe2ed97923c56d81cbdb7b819ea7da9eac45f342a2fbd/Vibeke-Mascini--The-Spectacle--detail--2024.-Commissioned-by-Van-Gogh-House.-Photograph-by-Jack-Elliot-Edwards--copyright-Van-Gogh-House.VI84B91.JPG" /> https://vibekemascini.com/Tangere Fri, 01 Mar 2024 19:53:36 +0000 Vibeke Mascini https://vibekemascini.com/Tangere Tangere&nbsp; 2024 Tangere (Latin for “touch” or “perceptible by touch”) considers human relations and knowledge sharing through the lens of energy exchange and physical touch. Binding together two seemingly distant musical traditions, lullaby and reggaeton, the self initiated genre of the “lullaeton” delves into the deep corporeal relation to rocking or cradling of the body as a way of soothing and comforting. Protagonists in earlier chapters of the lullaeton project include her child-hood history teacher and her grandmother - represented solely by their hands performing curated manual gestures. Tangere explores the character of the lover, whose touch Mascini considers as an exchange of tender knowledge and informed intuition. In this work, two hands can be seen in nearly each video frame: at times this involves two hands, one of each belonging to the different bodies of two lovers, while at other moments the two hands are duplicates - created by the reflection of one hand moving in front of a mirror as if by muscle memory. Since their nails are adorned with miniature spirit levels, these hands move in constant relation to equilibrium, teasingly feeling their way in and out of balance. This way, Mascini imagines the spirit level as a paradoxical tool: a rational instrument, yet with a fluid nature. Commonly used as a tool to confirm the straightness of objects, Mascini defies this function by placing the tool in relation to the curved body that moves inside a classical and crooked hotel room,&nbsp;pointing to a profound relation between the environment, the human body and technical application, and how one is able to leak into the other.&nbsp; 4K video, stereo sound. 5min18sec&nbsp; starring: Ramses Almanza and Vibeke Mascini sound composition: Nicolás Sánchez sound mixing: Diego Andrés Contento camera: Tomasz Skibicki including images from the video library of&nbsp;Tomasz Skibicki editing: Tomasz Skibicki and Vibeke Mascini color grading: Mateo Vega curator: Anne-Laure Franchette site facilitator: Wieland Hunger (KWZ) image installation view at Songs of Tomorrowlands, Biennale of Land and Environmental Art in Safien, CH *please send an email if you would like a link to view and listen the entire video <img width="7952" height="5304" width_o="7952" height_o="5304" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3a30450d9ae2e16a511d1e2e220b35ac0eadafa70ef5c216d451b67e8a719d1c/Tangere_2024_Vibeke-Mascini_in-situ-Safien.jpg" data-mid="216453872" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3a30450d9ae2e16a511d1e2e220b35ac0eadafa70ef5c216d451b67e8a719d1c/Tangere_2024_Vibeke-Mascini_in-situ-Safien.jpg" /> https://vibekemascini.com/A-long-distance-lullaby Fri, 01 Mar 2024 20:37:54 +0000 Vibeke Mascini https://vibekemascini.com/A-long-distance-lullaby A LONG DISTANCE LULLABYFall 2023 - onwards With his electric jolts triggering an automatic tweet, an electric eel residing in the Tennessee Aquarium in Chattanooga, USA is one of the few non-human living organisms creating lively content for an X (formerly Twitter) account. With pre-written posts like “ZZZAAPPP” and “CRACKLE” the employees of the aquarium gave a speculative voice to the electric signal that electric eels naturally emit - each triggering an individual tweet. The tweets of Miguel, as the eel was named by the aquarium employees, appear to be gimmicks; a somewhat perverse onomatic display of an electric voice in distress. For it is precisely in moments of fright or self-defence that an Amazonian eel such as Miguel, would typically discharge. Which brings to thinking, if in fact not most tweets originate from a somewhat similar sentiment. What Miguel experiences locally, within the secluded space of his aquarium tank, has been magnified and expanded globally on a social media platform – exposed to the public eye. A long distance lullaby,&nbsp;is a speculative dialogue in text and sound that offers a compassionate and sometimes soothing response to a call of distress. Following the logic of the lullaby: an ancient and global practice of singing or humming in order to sooth or comfort, Mascini developed a sound composition (in close collaboration with composer Nicolás Sánchez aka nyksan) and a written text which will gradually evolve with each tweet – and thus each electric jolt – that Miguel emits. The lullaby serves as a mediator that offers relief and contemplation for both the person sung-to, as well as the singer. The installation responds in real time throughout the duration of&nbsp; exhibition ( initially in P/////AKT, Amsterdam and later in Capc, Bordeaux), which was made possible by a collaboration between the artist and the Tennessee Aquarium. Miguel’s distress accumulates throughout the exhibition time span, like a progression of pain, reaching moments of tenderness as well as a growing desperation. 31+1 LCD displays, programmed interface mac mini, daisy chain of electric cabling, dried daisies and other flowers, text file, 10 min stereo sound composition in loop, cast with sculpted gel nails. With contributions of: Mack Lunn, Joseph Powell and Jake Graves (Tennessee Tech), Tennessee Aquarium, Nicolás Sánchez aka nyksan (sound composition), Diego Andrés Contento (sound mixing), Kees Reedijk (electronics and programming) and Mihnea Mircan (in conversation). image 1,3,4,5 exhibition views at P////AKT, Amsterdam by: Chun-Han Chiangimage 2,6,7 exhibition views at Capc, Bordeaux by: Arthur Péquin ︎︎︎download the commissioned text by Mihnea Mircan ︎listen to the interview (NL) with Springvossen <img width="2048" height="1365" width_o="2048" height_o="1365" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/efc5a0959b25c7b87b93c737a68c3d1a7dc4e3099cedf30dd439458fb4d63214/JOLT--a-long-distance-lullaby--2024_Vibeke-Mascini_tentoonstellings-documentatie-bij-PAKT_foto-door-Chun-Han-Chiang_2.jpg" data-mid="205866153" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/efc5a0959b25c7b87b93c737a68c3d1a7dc4e3099cedf30dd439458fb4d63214/JOLT--a-long-distance-lullaby--2024_Vibeke-Mascini_tentoonstellings-documentatie-bij-PAKT_foto-door-Chun-Han-Chiang_2.jpg" /><img width="1920" height="1371" width_o="1920" height_o="1371" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e113d29f0a02aaac2c8ee8e3b0117e70b64f71c5bac3eb6828a7ceba3f2ac4e5/Web_Capc_Le_monde_est_un_verbe_032025_photo_Arthur_Pequin_DSF3594.jpg" data-mid="229529783" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e113d29f0a02aaac2c8ee8e3b0117e70b64f71c5bac3eb6828a7ceba3f2ac4e5/Web_Capc_Le_monde_est_un_verbe_032025_photo_Arthur_Pequin_DSF3594.jpg" /> <img width="2048" height="1365" width_o="2048" height_o="1365" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3a03e34b232614edd471c6533c7e5729c0f2b6c0fd4e4b26c3808867f1e38bdf/JOLT--a-long-distance-lullaby--2024_Vibeke-Mascini_tentoonstellings-documentatie-bij-PAKT_foto-door-Chun-Han-Chiang_3.jpg" data-mid="205866152" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3a03e34b232614edd471c6533c7e5729c0f2b6c0fd4e4b26c3808867f1e38bdf/JOLT--a-long-distance-lullaby--2024_Vibeke-Mascini_tentoonstellings-documentatie-bij-PAKT_foto-door-Chun-Han-Chiang_3.jpg" /><img width="2048" height="1365" width_o="2048" height_o="1365" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4751b9d3e7e01434be69092ac2507858b66d2f33e89d6c5849c5933bc8869633/Pakt_Vibeke-Mascini_low-res_040.jpg" data-mid="205866154" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4751b9d3e7e01434be69092ac2507858b66d2f33e89d6c5849c5933bc8869633/Pakt_Vibeke-Mascini_low-res_040.jpg" /><img width="2048" height="1365" width_o="2048" height_o="1365" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8fe876d9c782c6bdb56c4a080b4243f91607a97e33ee663f6dbcd736ce2ab7c5/Pakt_Vibeke-Mascini_low-res_039.jpg" data-mid="205866156" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8fe876d9c782c6bdb56c4a080b4243f91607a97e33ee663f6dbcd736ce2ab7c5/Pakt_Vibeke-Mascini_low-res_039.jpg" /><img width="1920" height="1371" width_o="1920" height_o="1371" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/fe32c513e4a615cfd313016cbb0a013e5a2a9656f17018a7f7313e1a912a15cc/Web_Capc_Le_monde_est_un_verbe_032025_photo_Arthur_Pequin_DSF3644.jpg" data-mid="229529784" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/fe32c513e4a615cfd313016cbb0a013e5a2a9656f17018a7f7313e1a912a15cc/Web_Capc_Le_monde_est_un_verbe_032025_photo_Arthur_Pequin_DSF3644.jpg" /><img width="1920" height="1371" width_o="1920" height_o="1371" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d3ef3014179202e00b43e9281ffe07842ba1cf5e5076b504f28044e094536aae/Web_Capc_Le_monde_est_un_verbe_032025_photo_Arthur_Pequin_DSF3719.jpg" data-mid="229529788" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d3ef3014179202e00b43e9281ffe07842ba1cf5e5076b504f28044e094536aae/Web_Capc_Le_monde_est_un_verbe_032025_photo_Arthur_Pequin_DSF3719.jpg" /> https://vibekemascini.com/Aq Wed, 03 Jan 2024 20:23:11 +0000 Vibeke Mascini https://vibekemascini.com/Aq Aq’ 2023 Aq’ translates to ‘tongue’, but the same word was used to refer to ‘electricity’ by the Achí speaking elder Mascini met when visiting the few surviving and displaced families living in the town called Río Negro, adjacent to the artificially maintained basin that leads to the hydro electric dam at Chixoy. The single biggest source of electricity in Guatemala originates precisely from this dam - an environment haunted by the trauma of the largely exterminated communities of Q'eqchi peoples that once lived in villages which are now at the bottom of the Río Negro. The flooding of their homes, schools and community centers went hand in hand with a series of massacres instigated by the army of the same government involved with the construction of the electric infrastructure in the 1980’s. Promises made to compensate the peoples of Río Negro were never kept, and the few surviving families that nowadays live in the area are still dependant on the approval of the armed guards at the dam in order to use the only available road to enter or leave their premises. In short, the artificial landscape that leads to the country's main electric lifeline is built on the past and present violence against the people who inhabit that same landscape. Traditionally used by the local communities as containers for drinking water, as well as floating devices, a series of ‘tecomates’ was used as part of an installation installed at Proyectos Utravioleta. The water held by the tecomates (collected from Río Negro) was released throughout the duration of the exhibition Alchemy of Aches,&nbsp;through the eyes of an electric power socket, as if weeping. 6 tecomates, water collected from the Rio Negro, tube, hydrolic pump, altered electric socket. With admiration and gratitude for the deep strength and gracefulness of the peoples of Río Negro, who welcomed me in their community. Special thanks to Enrique Morales Larraondo and Proyectos Ultravioleta, who co-produced this project. <img width="2000" height="1335" width_o="2000" height_o="1335" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d58b85644475de48cc075c1a8904c7052f8ce9ed5bd9e4b68e2422fb9111474c/VIM_Alchemy_of_Aches_11-copy.jpg" data-mid="200669987" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d58b85644475de48cc075c1a8904c7052f8ce9ed5bd9e4b68e2422fb9111474c/VIM_Alchemy_of_Aches_11-copy.jpg" /><img width="2000" height="1335" width_o="2000" height_o="1335" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/15c7d3efd9a5d4a1d00d80e72d83d0d278e0be77ab6a97c7923aa2af51450ea4/VIM_Alchemy_of_Aches_15-copy.jpg" data-mid="200669982" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/15c7d3efd9a5d4a1d00d80e72d83d0d278e0be77ab6a97c7923aa2af51450ea4/VIM_Alchemy_of_Aches_15-copy.jpg" /><img width="2000" height="1335" width_o="2000" height_o="1335" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/00896a6f4c26f40e93e3c312d6fa439ab2c7bed27bbeaaa2694f281f1fec096e/VIM_Alchemy_of_Aches_21-copy.jpg" data-mid="200669989" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/00896a6f4c26f40e93e3c312d6fa439ab2c7bed27bbeaaa2694f281f1fec096e/VIM_Alchemy_of_Aches_21-copy.jpg" /><img width="4032" height="3024" width_o="4032" height_o="3024" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/83a02bf95ec520fc8e66500b97bf3402fc342c625d72c63a0f9c01cfc8773a58/Aq-_2023_process-documentatie_Vibeke-Mascini_IMG_9366.jpg" data-mid="200670032" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/83a02bf95ec520fc8e66500b97bf3402fc342c625d72c63a0f9c01cfc8773a58/Aq-_2023_process-documentatie_Vibeke-Mascini_IMG_9366.jpg" /><img width="4032" height="3024" width_o="4032" height_o="3024" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3ff7e35a18abe03a0ddc0f5ef361d4d8217fa20b747a53f64f2e0328399e881d/IMG_9295.jpeg" data-mid="200670094" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3ff7e35a18abe03a0ddc0f5ef361d4d8217fa20b747a53f64f2e0328399e881d/IMG_9295.jpeg" /> https://vibekemascini.com/Jolt Wed, 03 Jan 2024 20:17:09 +0000 Vibeke Mascini https://vibekemascini.com/Jolt Jolt 2023 Departing from the understanding of electricity sockets as portals, Jolt&nbsp;acknowledges the open ended systems of energy transference. In a combination of electric cable, copper wire, resin casts, taxidermied moth and a collection of international night lights depicting butterfly, Jolt conveys the electric cable as a vehicle through which electric current and memory run simultaneously, connecting processes marked by destruction and metamorphoses with our everyday electric activities. &nbsp; extension cable, lever nut, resin, death hawk moth, LED night light.&nbsp; <img width="2000" height="1335" width_o="2000" height_o="1335" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/20a24b151c1bf51ae4b99a8193fdf6b112d5983dc4cc70bd0f2866d17b312d7f/VIM_Alchemy_of_Aches_09-copy.jpg" data-mid="200668845" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/20a24b151c1bf51ae4b99a8193fdf6b112d5983dc4cc70bd0f2866d17b312d7f/VIM_Alchemy_of_Aches_09-copy.jpg" />