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Judith Fegerl, moment, 2017, 3-teilig, massive Rundstangen aus Stahl (Baustahl ST37), Elektromagnete, Stromversorgung, 170 × 5 cm, 90 × 10 cm, 100 × 13 cm, Belvedere, Wien, Inv.-Nr. 11696
© Bildrecht, Wien 2026
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  • moment

  • Date2017
  • Artist Judith Fegerl (geboren 1977 in Wien)
    • GND
  • Object typeSculpture
  • Medium3-teilig, massive Rundstangen aus Stahl (Baustahl ST37), Elektromagnete, Stromversorgung
  • Dimensions
    170 × 5 cm
  • Inventory number11696
  • Location Belvedere 21

  • Judith Fegerl’s artistic practice reflects an ongoing interest in the overlaps between physics and the physical, science, art, and life. In her sculptures and installation-based spatial arrangements, she repeatedly employs and sets in motion physical, chemical, and especially electrical processes, devising constellations that allow materials and their specific properties to interact. Electricity is a constitutive element in this process, as in the work moment. The three-part sculpture, composed of solid steel rods, copper wire coils, and magnets, is held in a precarious balance by an electric current. The instant the power supply is interrupted, the sculpture collapses. With their reduced, clear aesthetic, Fegerl’s works foreground the material and its capabilities, while simultaneously telling a powerful story about the systemic interdependencies in our lives, as well as energy, construction, and destruction.