Marc Simon Frei, Altdorf

Tesla Art captures small bolts of lightning dancing across objects when exposed to high voltage, often generated by Tesla coils or vintage electrotherapy devices. Frei transforms these electrical discharges into fleeting artworks, freezing sparks, arcs, and plasma bursts at the very moment electricity breaks free and matter begins to glow.

In many works, Frei employs a 1920s high-frequency electrotherapy machine or Tesla coils, combined with elements such as LED-lit clouds or fibers. These interactions produce forms reminiscent of thunderclouds and miniature lightning storms, embedding natural spectacle within man-made detail and texture.

The series thrives on contrast: light against darkness, chaos against form, nature against technology. A spark racing along fine wires, an eruption of arcs resembling an explosion — the compositions reveal electricity not as an abstract force, but as something tangible, overwhelming, and poetic.

Tesla Art is more than visual spectacle; it is also a reflection on our relationship to energy. How do we perceive electricity — as technology, as danger, as power? And what happens when the invisible becomes visible? Frei turns electrical tension into a moment of wonder, a poetic disruption of the everyday.