
Jakub Jansa
The Garden of Problems
Project Info
- đ Stone Bell House, GHMP, StaromÄstskĂ© square 605/13, Prague
- đ Sandra BaborovskĂĄ
- đ€ Jakub Jansa
- đ Jakub Jansa is an artist working in various media ranging from film to sculptural elements, installations and live performances.
- đ All images copyright and courtesy of the artists and GHMP, Prague, foto: Jan KolskĂœ
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01_Jakub Jansa, The Garden Of Problems, GHMP, Entrance
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06_Jakub Jansa, The Garden Of Problems, GHMP, Keeping in Line, 2018

08_Jakub Jansa, The Garden Of Problems, GHMP, My Name Is Red Herring, 2018

11_Jakub Jansa, The Garden Of Problems, GHMP, Keeping in Line, 2018

16_Jakub Jansa, The Garden Of Problems, GHMP, The Occult Table, 2023

19_Jakub Jansa, The Garden Of Problems, GHMP, The Occult Table, 2023

33_Jakub Jansa, The Garden Of Problems, GHMP, Opening Ceremony, 2022

25_Jakub Jansa, The Garden Of Problems, GHMP, Shame to Pride, 2021

27_Jakub Jansa, The Garden Of Problems, GHMP, Shame to Pride, 2021

12_Jakub Jansa, The Garden Of Problems, GHMP, Install view

14_Jakub Jansa, The Garden Of Problems, GHMP, Install view

40_Jakub Jansa, The Garden Of Problems, GHMP, Install view

18_Jakub Jansa, The Garden Of Problems, GHMP, The Occult Table, 2023

23_Jakub Jansa, The Garden Of Problems, GHMP, Shame to Pride, 2021
The first floor of gothic Stone Bell House, is dedicated to Jakub Jansaâs Garden of Problems project, which for the first time brings together episodes from the Club of Opportunities series, dating from 2017 to the present. Viewers visit the gallery instead of âNetflixing.â The Garden of Problems show presents seven successive episodes in seven halls, which together form a complex story.The series thematizes social issues of our time and raises questions about authority and cultural and class relationships. Underprivileged entities turn into elites and vice versa, with new opportunities arising during this transformation. Each episode creates situations between reality and fiction, gradually revealing the story through video, objects, set design and acting performance.
Club of Opportunities â episode 2: April Showers Bring May Flowers, 2018
(the episode presents âThe Problem with Losing the Vision of the Futureâ), video 4K, 16:9, 10âČ
We follow the character of the Seer (Oracle), who has no vision of the future anymore and feels anxious. We witness the Seer touching all celeriacs and giving them tattoos with socially
beneficial functions. The form of a confessional interview is complemented by emotional, music-tinged interludes, as the Seer tattoos the celeriacs with the names of various positively perceived occupations or rather functions or destinies. A deconstruction of storytelling in relation to expected role choices and expected scenarios is at the core of the work.
Club of Opportunities â episode 3: My Name Is Red Herring, 2018
(the episode presents âThe Problem with Black Magicâ), video, 4K, 8âČ
The character of the Red Herring, a hybrid creature between a human and a celeriac, is introduced. And now heâs challenging his origin, i.e., revolting against the Seer. He discovers that mythology is mere narrative. By taking control of this narrative, he can steer it in a different direction. He leaves his safe place within the myth to enter the battlefield and fight on a political level. He finds his own individuality and becomes a dark-side influencer
Club of Opportunities â episode 5: Keeping in Line, 2018
Red Herring works in an avocado bar, where he compares himself to elitesâthe avocados. He wants to become part of the higher vegesociety. In the process, he must undergo an insulting
battle with his inner self. He doubts himself and experiences an identity crisis.
Club of Opportunities â episode 7: Shame to Pride, 2021
(the episode presents âThe Rooting Problemâ), three-channel video, 20âČ
We observe the celerist in yet another surprising situation - he gains status in the vegesociety and is invited into avocado circles. However, he cannot internally relate to this new social
class. At the same time, he has already made a break with the environment from which he emerged. He experiences an intense sense of rootlessness and can only be relieved by class and social coming out. He founds a movement for uprooted vegetables.
Club of Opportunities â episode 8: Opening Ceremony, 2022
(the episode presents âThe Problem with Art in Serviceâ), video, 4K, 10âČ
In the position of the hot vegetable of the season, the celerist is invited to speak at the Flower Unionâs gala event. The supernatural figure of the Seer, no longer able to predict the future, takes over the second part of the programme and activates the decorative flowers in an eco-sexual celebratory ritual. The Seer shows the plants that if they put their pistils and calyxes together, they can reach out to the public and change the course of things. So letâs hope that the ability to see into the future returns again.
Jakub Jansa is an artist working in various media ranging from film to sculptural elements, installations and live performances.