Fieber
Dejana Ahmetović
Olesia Bieliavtseva
Lisa Braid
Adriana Finghis
David Hafer García
Abigail Hauwede
Nele Hazod
Shiva Pishgahi
Hanna Carmen Schneider
Florian Schwarz
Kia Sciarrone
St. Ages
Fieber, curated by Ursula Pokorny, installation view, SOPHIE TAPPEINER, 2025
Florian Schwarz, untitled (bulp horn), 2025, oil on canvas, 45 x 50
Shiva Pishgahi, Possible Doors, 2025, oil on canvas, 45 x 50 cm
Fieber, curated by Ursula Pokorny, installation view, SOPHIE TAPPEINER, 2025
Fieber, curated by Ursula Pokorny, installation view, SOPHIE TAPPEINER, 2025Fieber, curated by Ursula Pokorny, installation view, SOPHIE TAPPEINER, 2025
David Hafer García, panzer, 2025, oil on cardboard, 24 x 30 cm
David Hafer García, westphallia, 2025, oil on cardboard, 24 x 30 cm
Fieber, curated by Ursula Pokorny, installation view, SOPHIE TAPPEINER, 2025
Kia Sciarrone, they came from the closet, 2025, scanned lint roller, UV print on aluminium, 175 x 55 cm each
Fieber, curated by Ursula Pokorny, installation view, SOPHIE TAPPEINER, 2025
David Hafer García, footprint, 2025, sand, stones, acrylic and oil on jute
Fieber, curated by Ursula Pokorny, installation view, SOPHIE TAPPEINER, 2025
Adriana Finghis, we are all trying to fix something, 2025, photo emulsion on aluminium, 60 x 60 cm
Dejana Ahmetović, Hold Tightly, 2025, wood and cement object with silkscreen print, 52 x 52 x 52 cm
Fieber, curated by Ursula Pokorny, installation view, SOPHIE TAPPEINER, 2025
Lisa Braid, Staublurch ist Abgeschüttelte Tage, 2024, fireplace ashes, dust, oil on canvas, text
Olesia Bieliavtseva, Inner Split, 2025, acrylic on canvas, 99 x 99 cm
Fieber, curated by Ursula Pokorny, installation view, SOPHIE TAPPEINER, 2025
St. Ages, how to forget, I’m wandering (the boy), 2024, oil on canvas, 50 x 40 cm
Fieber, curated by Ursula Pokorny, installation view, SOPHIE TAPPEINER, 2025
Fieber, curated by Ursula Pokorny, installation view, SOPHIE TAPPEINER, 2025
Abigail Hauwede, nightwalk, 2025, oil and beeswax on marble ground on linen, oil and beeswax on marble ground on linen, 29 x 34 cm
Abigail Hauwede, fieber, 2025, oil and beeswax on marble ground on linen, 27 x 33 cm
Hanna Carmen Schneider, Das Auge Sah, 2023, digital video and sound, 2:30 min
Nele Hazod, Viivat ajassa, 2022/23, Super-8 Film, digital print, 3:30 min
We are living in a highly volatile socio-political moment, in which explicit aggression in public space is continuously escalating. Against this backdrop, Fieber (German for fever) refers to a condition in which the body feels numb while simultaneously mounting an intense internal response to a virus or bacteria.
The first room of this show resembles a fever dream, where figures emerge in a surrealist manner. Some of them are remnants of pain or experiences of violence, but you cannot fully grasp them. They slip away as you approach.
The experience delves further into a dissociative moment, in which you lose a clear sense of reality. In the second room, figures and forms are fleeting. Stable structures dissolve; instead a blur vision sets in.
Lastly, you lie down. In stillness, you become aware of your body pumping blood through its veins. Closing your eyes, images flash up. The rhythm takes hold of your body.
– Ursula Pokorny