PateraPerego_Studio

Federica Patera & Andrea Sbra Perego – Net Positive
2025 – Fabric, metal wire, pvc pipes
Site specific installation, environmental scale

CARVICO WELCOMES NET POSITIVE
The textile company, headquartered in the district of Bergamo, has decided to host
a site-specific installation, made of over 10 Kilometers of fabric stripes
The main hall of the historical site of Carvico, market leader in the production of warp-knit performance
fabrics and symbol of an industrial model based on quality, welfare and beauty, has been turned into the
shrine hosting Net Positive, a site-specific installation made by Federica Patera & Andrea Sbra Perego.
It is an environmental art piece taking art inside the workplace, transforming a reception area into a
sensorial, immersive experience. Net Positive is meant to be a sign of openness: an invitation to plunge into
an imaginary place mixing production, creativity and responsibility.
The installation draws inspiration from fyke nets, ancient fishing nets made of cylindrical mesh bags, re-
interpreted by the authors to turn them into a poetic landscape. The pillars constituting the artwork emerge
like marine creatures: vibrant weaves evoking corals and seafloors. Viewers’ eyes are led towards the
highest part of the work where shapes get increasingly lighter turning into suspended clouds, a fluid
transition from water to air, weight and lightness, origin and transformation.