Judith Fegerl’s sculpture, which was created specifically for the exhibition "Interspaces" (2026), translates historical photovoltaic cells into textile form. Five cell patterns of different generations are woven in the jacquard technique into twelve cotton panels. The fabrics were made in Austria.

Fegerl works with energy and its technical materiality as visual art material. Her process characteristically divorces functional objects from their assigned purpose and transforms them into artistic artifacts, so that their aesthetic, historical, and political significance is brought out. In last light, the photovoltaic cells turn into woven ornaments. And with the result resembling modernist home textiles, they suddenly look harmless and pleasant. In the outside landscape, however, many find those same shapes to be a disturbance, even though the transition away from fossil fuels concerns us all. Fegerl points out this double standard while simultaneously drawing attention to the historicity of the designs and their inherent expiration date.

Judith Fegerl uses electricity as a material in her artistic practice. Her sculptures and installations explore the relationship between human and machine, space and time. The artist is represented in the evn collection.

Text: Heike Maier-Rieper