When you enter Judith Hopf’s installation Thy Énergies, you encounter three temporary walls set up like a film set inside the barn of an old homestead. Together, they form a long space, with an abstract “all-over” mural on its walls. Blue, graphic strokes depict a stylized rain. On the front wall of the room, there is another corresponding wall piece, evoking sun rays with simple lines. Weather – this “crypto-demonic” phenomenon – is used as an aesthetic device in this exhibition.

The depicted ratio of rain to sun roughly corresponds to the actual weather conditions in the Thy region. Here, people experience potentially nine months of rain and three months of sun. However, perceptions are shifting, as we can observe: What was once called “bad weather” – rain – has now become a welcome event, replacing what was previously considered “good weather” – sunshine. The categories of weather are fundamentally wavering. Paradoxically, the sun and its warm, bright energy become both the problem…