Congolese artist Jean Katambayi Mukendi has opened a solo exhibition titled "RATIO" at the KW Institute for Contemporary Art in Berlin. The show features works that interrogate fundamental dualities such as the natural versus the artificial, growth versus destruction, and the dynamics between resources and power.
Mukendi's unique artistic approach is grounded in his formal training as an electrician and his enduring fascination with engineering and mathematics. The exhibition is significant as it brings his critical, systems-based perspective, informed by his lived experience in the Democratic Republic of Congo, to a major European contemporary art institution, prompting reflection on global material and power flows.