Wessel Verrijt explores in his work the boundary between the “living” and the “non-living,” seeking to soften this often rigid divide and create new connections between the two. By combining sculptural work with performance, Verrijt create “hybrid entities” where performers and sculptures merge, transforming static materials into active participants.

These performances are characterized by slow, repetitive movements, with the “hybrid entities” carefully sensing their environment. The interplay between the sculptures and the performers’ outstretched arms and legs evokes everyday behaviors, emotions, rituals, and interactions. Each sculpture assumes its own role, defined by its specific possibilities and limitations.

In Willem Twee's Art Space, The Hybrid Entity unfolds a unique landscape in which Wessel Verrijt frees the sculpture from its static role. His work occupies the space in a way that invites visitors to walk around, look, return, and rediscover it again and again.

Willem Twee Kunstruimte, Den Bosch, 2025.

Concept: Wessel Verrijt

Soundscape: Macarena Aguilar Tau

Performance mentor: Ksenia Perek

Costumes: Celine Caly

Make-Up: Pepijn De Roode & Jeon Zhang

Assistants: Loes Gofers, Sem Wensveen

Curator: Jovana Štulić

Photos by Peter Cox

Trailer by Jesse Immanuel Bom