May 26-July 17 2026
Contemporary Greek Art Institute (ISET)
she had become a machine brings together three artists who observe, process, transform, and channel energy in its manifold forms. Using Margaret Raspé’s (1933-2023) practice as a kernel, especially her works related to her summers on the island of Karpathos, the exhibition explores energy as it manifests through fleeting images and invisible currents: like Raspé, Danae Io and Vibeke Mascini create machines and allow their own and other bodies to become machines themselves. Raspé’s time in Karpathos and the force its rough landscape exerted on her work precipitate novel engagements with the elemental. The noun “device” and the verb “devise” differ by a single letter. Yet, etymologically, they originate in a common root. Margaret Raspé, Danae Io, and Vibeke Mascini stand somewhere in the middle, drawing on both: they devise devices.
Conception and Research: Danai Giannoglou & Kyveli Mavrokordopoulou
Curated by Danai Giannoglou
Artists: Margaret Raspé, Danae Io, Vibeke Mascini
The exhibition is supported by the 2025 ARTWORKS Grants program, which is funded by the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF) and other individual donors.
The exhibition she had become a machine is one of the stages of the joint curatorial research of Danai Giannoglou and Kyveli Mavrokordopoulou on the work of Margaret Raspé. It follows the exhibition Sea Garden that took place at EMST, November 8 2025 – 8 February 2026.
