A group exhibition of Ronny Bulik, Manuel Cornelius, Ellen Möckel, Larissa Mühlrath, Georg Thanner & Sebastijan Zupancic

In March 2020, we were invited by the community of St. Antonius Church in Frankfurt to realise an exhibition within the church building. Our starting point was the question of how to respond to the specific architecture and function of a church.

Rather than using the nave, we focused on spaces usually hidden from visitors, such as the gallery, belfry and vestry. While these areas were illuminated, the main church remained dark, turning the artworks into islands of light within the building. A neon sign outside marked the exhibition.

The project explored the relationship between light, activity and visibility. Surrounded by Frankfurt’s illuminated high-rises, the church appears almost invisible when unoccupied. Unlike office towers, whose lit windows signal constant activity, the church remains dark without its community. The exhibition embraced this condition, highlighting the building’s temporary state of inactivity rather than concealing it.