Johanna Pichlbauer

There will be! People! On the Sun! Soon!

In her solo exhibition There will be! People! On the Sun! Soon!, the designer Johanna Pichlbauer devotes a diverse, complete installation entirely to the sun. We human beings have perfected our interaction with the sun with a great deal of design effort: we let its light into our homes, our food products ripen underneath it, our skin tans from it, and photovoltaic systems shine on our roofs with abstract patterns.

14.12.2021—13.2.2022

Creative Climate Care Gallery

In her Copa Solar (2021) installation, a solar park goes on vacation, Johanna Pichlbauer invites visitors to find a spot on her “sun deck” and enjoy the power of the sun. Instead of a semi-conductor coating, it is, however, soft terrycloth towels that provide the underlay for invigorating minutes of contemplation. The designer designed the towels, which adopt the aesthetic of solar panels, but at the same time gently deform their rigid patterns, in cooperation with the manufacturer of terry goods, Vossen.

While the solar park dreams of a timeout, Johanna Pichlbauer orbits the MAK Collection once with the sun: selected objects tell of the design work that is required to transform solar energy into a sense of time, dreams of living, and other stories. In the process, Pichlbauer develops her own narrative of objects, collages, quotes, and characters, which all refer to different associations with the sun.

Mrs. Volt, a character from Die stadt der Temperamente [City of Temperaments], A play by the designers Johanna Pichlbauer and Mia Meusburger in collaboration with Wien 3420 and the MAK in the context of the VIENNA BIENNALE 2019

Johanna Pichlbauer, Der letzte Sextant [The last sextant], 2021

Johanna Pichlbauer, Can you please photoshop the sun between my hands?, 2021, Digital collage on the basis of a photograph from the MAK Metal Collection and the Wiener Werkstätte Archive Hagenauer, Execution of the object shown: Werkstätte Hagenauer, Vienna

$Johanna Pichlbauer, Meme Look what they need to mimic a fraction of our power, 2021, Adaption des bekannten Memes mit einem Luster von Josef Hoffmann$

As a central element of our visual culture, the sun educes new forms of representation from every generation. With pop-cultural images and memes, as well as historical references from the MAK collection, the exhibition illustrates how the sun and solar energy is manifested in our objects and rituals, also tracing its poetic qualities in the process.

CURATOR
Marlies Wirth, Curator Digital Culture and Design Collection, MAK

Kindly supported by
VOSSEN

Media

<BODY><div>Theresa Hattinger, key visual of the exhibition, 2021</div><div>© Theresa Hattinger/MAK</div></BODY>

Theresa Hattinger, key visual of the exhibition, 2021 © Theresa Hattinger/MAK

<BODY><div>Mrs. Volt, a character from Die stadt der Temperamente [City of Temperaments]</div><div>A play by the designers Johanna Pichlbauer and Mia Meusburger in collaboration with Wien 3420 and the MAK in the context of the VIENNA BIENNALE 2019</div><div>© Stephanie Kneissl</div><div> </div></BODY>

Mrs. Volt, a character from Die stadt der Temperamente [City of Temperaments], A play by the designers Johanna Pichlbauer and Mia Meusburger in collaboration with Wien 3420 and the MAK in the context of the VIENNA BIENNALE 2019 © Stephanie Kneissl

<BODY><div>Johanna Pichlbauer, Der letzte Sextant [The last sextant], 2021</div><div>© Mia Dragicevic</div><div> </div></BODY>

Johanna Pichlbauer, Der letzte Sextant [The last sextant], 2021 © Mia Dragicevic

<BODY><div>Johanna Pichlbauer, Can you please photoshop the sun between my hands?, 2021</div><div>Digital collage on the basis of a photograph from the MAK Metal Collection and the Wiener Werkstätte Archive Hagenauer</div><div>Execution of the object shown: Werkstätte Hagenauer, Vienna</div><div>© Johanna Pichlbauer</div><div> </div></BODY>

Johanna Pichlbauer, Can you please photoshop the sun between my hands?, 2021, Digital collage on the basis of a photograph from the MAK Metal Collection and the Wiener Werkstätte Archive Hagenauer, Execution of the object shown: Werkstätte Hagenauer, Vienna © Johanna Pichlbauer

<BODY><div>Euphrosino di Lorenzo Volpaia, armillary sphere, measuring instrument, 1553</div><div>© MAK</div><div> </div></BODY>

Euphrosino di Lorenzo Volpaia, armillary sphere, measuring instrument, 1553 © MAK

<BODY><div>Sundial, 1st half of the 16th century, southern Germany</div><div>© MAK</div><div> </div></BODY>

Sundial, 1st half of the 16th century, southern Germany © MAK

<BODY><div>Johanna Pichlbauer, Copa Solar, 2021</div><div>Towels, small series, manufacturer: Vossen</div><div>© Marlene Mautner</div><div> </div></BODY>

Johanna Pichlbauer, Copa Solar, 2021, Towels, small series, manufacturer: Vossen © Marlene Mautner

$<BODY><div>Johanna Pichlbauer, Meme Look what they need to mimic a fraction of our powe, 2021</div><div>Adaption of a well-known meme featuring a lustre by Josef Hoffmann</div><div>© Johanna Pichlbauer</div><div> </div></BODY>$

Johanna Pichlbauer, Meme Look what they need to mimic a fraction of our power, 2021, Adaption des bekannten Memes mit einem Luster von Josef Hoffmann © Johanna Pichlbauer

<BODY><div>MAK Exhibition View, 2021</div><div>JOHANNA PICHLBAUER. There will be! People! On the Sun! Soon!</div><div>MAK GALLERY</div><div>© Marlene Mautner</div><div> </div></BODY>

MAK Exhibition View, 2021, JOHANNA PICHLBAUER. There will be! People! On the Sun! Soon! © Marlene Mautner/MAK

<BODY><div>MAK Exhibition View, 2021</div><div>JOHANNA PICHLBAUER. There will be! People! On the Sun! Soon!</div><div>Marlene Mautner, Copa Solar. A Solar Park goes on Vacation, 2021</div><div>Photographic Interpretation of the work of Johanna Pichlbauer</div><div>MAK GALLERY</div><div>© Marlene Mautner</div><div> </div></BODY>

<BODY><div>MAK Exhibition View, 2021</div><div>JOHANNA PICHLBAUER. There will be! People! On the Sun! Soon!</div><div>Johanna Pichlbauer, Orange papers, 2021</div><div>Installation with specimens from Italy and France, as well as newly produced after Binder, Brus, Steyerl, Pichlbauer</div><div>MAK GALLERY</div><div>© Marlene Mautner</div><div> </div></BODY>

<BODY><div>MAK Exhibition View, 2021</div><div>JOHANNA PICHLBAUER. There will be! People! On the Sun! Soon!</div><div>(left to right) Euphrosino di Lorenzo Volpaia, Armillary sphere, measuring device, Lyon, 1553</div><div>Johanna Pichlbauer, The Last Sextant, 2021</div><div>MAK GALLERY</div><div>© Marlene Mautner</div><div> </div></BODY>

<BODY><div>MAK Exhibition View, 2021</div><div>JOHANNA PICHLBAUER. There will be! People! On the Sun! Soon!</div><div>Johanna Pichlbauer, The Last Sextant, 2021</div><div>MAK GALLERY</div><div>© Marlene Mautner</div><div> </div></BODY>

MAK Exhibition View, 2021, JOHANNA PICHLBAUER. There will be! People! On the Sun! Soon! © Marlene Mautner/MAK MAK Exhibition View, 2021, JOHANNA PICHLBAUER. There will be! People! On the Sun! Soon! © Marlene Mautner/MAK