PARKing CHANce, Mira Mann, Ana Mendieta, Pamela Rosenkranz, Jura Shust
Sacred Threads
Throughout history, social systems have included places for contemplation and activities that help us feel connected to something greater than ourselves. These activities often involve events and rituals that facilitate transcendence and interconnectedness.
The exhibition Sacred Threads includes works by PARKing CHANce – Park Chan-wook (1963) and Park Chan-kyong (1965) –, Mira Mann (1993), Ana Mendieta (1948 –1985), Pamela Rosenkranz (b. 1979), and Jura Shust (b. 1983), artists from different continents with distinct cosmologies and transcendental cultures. It explores how this ancestral knowledge has evolved and continues to influence our contemporary lives and artists’ works. From our governance structures and languages to ceremonies, relationships between nature and technology, and creation stories, this exhibition draws narratives that connect us to our past, future, and sense of identity.
Exhibition view, Sacred Threads, Kunsthalle Friart Fribourg, 2024. Photo: Guillaume Python
Mira Mann, look with love, 2023. Photo: Guillaume Python. Courtesy of the artist and DREI
Pamela Rosenkranz, Healer Scrolls (Silver Lion), 2023. Photo: Guillaume Python. Courtesy of the artist and Karma International, Zürich
Exhibition view, Sacred Threads, Kunsthalle Friart Fribourg, 2024. Photo: Guillaume Python
Exhibition view, Sacred Threads, Kunsthalle Friart Fribourg, 2024. Photo: Guillaume Python
Exhibition view, Sacred Threads, Kunsthalle Friart Fribourg, 2024. Photo: Guillaume Python. Courtesy Kunsthalle Friart Fribourg © The Estate of Ana Mendieta Collection, LLC.
Mira Mann, feed the spirits (detail), 2022. Photo: Guillaume Python. Collection Julia Muggenburg
Jura Shust, Sunlit the Cortex, 2024. Photo: Guillaume Python. Courtesy of the artist
Exhibition view, Sacred Threads, Kunsthalle Friart Fribourg, 2024. Photo: Guillaume Python. Courtesy Kunsthalle Friart Fribourg © The Estate of Ana Mendieta Collection, LLC.
Exhibition view, Sacred Threads, Kunsthalle Friart Fribourg, 2024. Photo: Guillaume Python. Courtesy Kunsthalle Friart Fribourg © The Estate of Ana Mendieta Collection, LLC
PARKing CHANce, Night Fishing (Paranmanjang), 2011. Photo: Guillaume Python. Courtesy of the artist. Production by MOHO FILM