Corey Scott Gilbert | vAL: Bellied (2025)

Charged with constant scepticism and questioning, the performer moves throughan empty set of bleachers using mirror fragments to keep an eye on theaudience's gaze, lurking closer and closer until eventually infiltrating theaudience.

Questions remain: How do we reposition ourselves for betterreflections? What can be assembled out of splintered thoughts?


Corey Scott-Gilbert (*1983) is an American artist based in Berlin. Withan inherently queer perspective and off-grid aesthetic, Scott-Gilbert highlightsthe absurdities of a hopeless social dynamic, presenting curatedsituations where joys are not sought after but devoured as a means ofrestoring a malnourished existence.

The artist’s personal history ofmovement serves as a vehicle for interrogating their own breath, a processin which collaging word-play and physical utterance often serve asthe foundation for their multidisciplinary playgrounds under the artisticidentity vAL.