Church of All

Stadtmuseum Brunico
16.04.-12.05.2019

Site-specific Installation and durational performance
Part of the Einsamkeit und Zorn | Solitude and anger group exhibition, curated by Markus Pescoller.

JAŠA's work, Church of All, is a site-specific installation and durational performance (3600 minutes) situated in the main exhibition hall of the Stadtmuseum Brunico. The central installation is a wooden structure clothed in a cemented layer (approx 2.50m×2.90m and 2.40m high), functioning as an architectural fragment that establishes a situation of ambiguity and passage. The structure was developed in collaboration with architect Kuno Mayr.

The conceptual premise is built upon the notion of absent presence and the unavoidable closeness of parallel realities, often delimited by physical or self-imposed obstacles. The wall is employed as a defining element: a manifestation of a thought process where a drawn line consequentially materializes into a solid material barrier. This barrier operates dually—as protection or as a container of lives, yet simultaneously acts as a statement of division and threat.

The work creates a section of different realities where the physical clashes with the non-imaginary. Thoughts manifest as solid material on one side, while materializing as fleeting words—the inner voice of freedom—on the other. The work questions the function of art in a world of geopolitical conflict: "Does an artwork then protect us from the world, or is it the other way around?" It challenges destructive attitudes by asserting that the necessity of the creative process is rooted in freedom of expression, even when that expression necessitates containing a thought to make a statement.

Project by: JAŠA

Architectural structure: Kuno Mayr

Installation construction: Nicola Settimo, Simone Settimo

Installation photography: Simone Settimo

Mechanism and programming: Martin Podlogar

With thanks to: Gertrud Webhofer

Organised by: Museumsverein Bruneck | Associazione Pro Museo di Brunico

Supported by: Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia in Rome, Public fund for Cultural Activities of the Republic of Slovenia, Franci Zavrl and WE.ARE Institute.