Book launch: 18.10. 2023, 5–11 pm
XPIZZA, 190 Front St, New York, USA
The book Garden of Problems by Jakub Jansa, a graduate of the Studio of Supermedia of the Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague (UMPRUM) published by UMPRUM Publishing House, will be launched in New York. Jakub Jansa's art project Club of Opportunities, which will be presented at a screening at Anthology Film Archive, is also connected with this book.
Monographic art book The Garden of Problems uncovers the themes addressed in the Club of Opportunities, an episodic project created by artist Jakub Jansa, starring hybrid human-vegetable creatures who question authority and cultural and class relationships. Through the texts of the invited authors (Michal Novotný, Julie Béna, Kamil Nábělek, Noemi Purkrábková, Jozef Mrva Jr., Ernestyna Orlowska, Klára Vlasáková, Jan Bělíček), we get to the bottom of multiple problems – with celeriac ontology, black magic, humour, losing vision of the future and especially with taking root. The book covers seven years of Jansa’ work and, in addition to the texts, contains three hundred pages of a large amount of pictorial material. Published by UMPRUM, Graphic design by Martin Groch.
The Club of Opportinities – film screening
23. 10. 2023, from 7 pm
Anthology Film Archives, 32 2nd Ave, New York
The Club of Opportunities (2017-2023) is an episodic exhibition project created by artist Jakub Jansa, starring hybrid human-vegetable creatures who question authority and cultural and class relationships. The Club crosses the boundaries of genres, from drama to absurd comedy, and employs fiction, humour and grotesque elements to develop complex exhibition environments that tell stories about contemporary social struggles. Please accept our invitation to a screening of selected films starring The Overlooked Vegetable - The Celeriac, A-Class Vegetable - The Avocado, The Seer with no vision for the future and The Eccentric philosopher who brings ignored entities to the stage.
