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CONTACT: JAKUB.A.JANSA@GMAIL.COM, +420777343653 

JAKUB JANSA

BORN 1989, CURRENTLY 

WORKING IN PRAGUE

Statement

My projects are set in the present day world where the 

permanent revolution of building elements has become 

an everyday reality. I thus study the meaning and 

necessity of change and revolutionism. My work aims at 

exploring archetypal phenomena and situations. I freely 

combine various media, and primarily create enviromental 

installations and performances that are responsive to the 

context of the place. 

2011–2016: MgA, AAAD Academy of Arts,  

Architecture and Design in Prague (Cz),  

Studio of Supermedia

2013: Watch Out, Engstligenalp, Basel, Ch

2015: Five Eleven, New York, Us

Education

Residency /

Internship

About

Resume



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Selected PDFs 

(Click on icon to open)

Better ideas 

for Life.pdf

Name of the project  

is project itself.pdf

Spiritual

Fitness.pdf

Exhibition

Works.pdf

Exhibitions 

(G-group, S-solo)

'17   In a Landscape, Dům Umění, Brno,Cz, (G)

'17   Look at this fern, Berlinskej Model, Prague, Cz, (S)

'16   Spiritual Fitness, PAF, Olomouc, Cz, (S)

'16   Better Ideas for Life 2, Karlin Studios, Prague, Cz, (G)

'16   Spiritual Fitness, AM180, Prague, Cz, (G)

'16   In a Landscape, EA Gallery, Prague, Cz (G)

'16   Teseract, AMU Gallery, Prague, Cz, (G)

'16   Better Ideas for Life 1, A. Klingental, Basel, Ch, (G)

'16   Name of the project is project itself, CC, NY, Us, (G)

'16   It looked different in a dream, Klement., Prg, Cz, (G)

'15   How not to want anything, 4+4 Days, Prague, Cz, (G)

'14   Koriandrový tunel, GHMP, Prague, Cz, (G)

'14   Engstligenalp, StartUp, GHMP, Prague, Cz, (S)

'14   Holding plastic bag containing my positions I., Umakart, Brno, Cz, (S)

'14   Holding plastic bag containing my positions II., UKG, Prague, Cz, (S)

'13   Vystřelený šrapnel uklidní pozorovatele, CCC., Beijing, China, (G)

'13   Industrial Revolution, VP1, Ostrava, Cz, (G)

'13   Watch Out, Engstligenalp, Bern, Ch, (G)

'13   Conductor, Prague, Cz, (G)

'13   Enter 6, Galerie NTK, Prague, Cz, (G)

'13   Model, R33 galerie, Prague, Cz, (G)

'12   Umprum 2012, DOX, Prague, Cz, (G)



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References

[1] AQNB 

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[2] PAF 

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[3] GHMP 

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External Links

[1] Personal web 

 www.jakubjansa.com



[2] Spiritual Fitness web 

→ 

www.thespiritualfitness.com



Text

Jansa has recently approached exposing 

manipulative techniques and leadership 

principles, which have become a more ur-

gent topic than ever, as much as authorita-

tive political manners are spreading around 

and are surrounded with speeches pro-

claiming the simple solutions for complex 

problems. The communicative aspect of 

Jansa’s work does not hesitate to mimic its 

own enemies and exploit the full potential 

of the seductiveness of audiovisual media, 

it can be a contribution to the discussion 

about possibility of “positive populism” 

in the situation of language confusion.  

Jansa’s earlier work, on the other hand, 

was often associated with the capabilities 

of new technologies and took the form of 

sophisticated, encrypted installations and 

performances responding to the context of 

the place and investigating hidden arche-

typal phenomena and situations.

His ongoing Spiritual Fitness project 

(from 2016 onwards) is set into the world of 

announcers of increasing work efficiency 

and global progress, which does not even 

ask about the meaning of individual works 

and perceives it as a value an sich, and where 

permanent revolution has become a daily 

necessity. He is not personally hiding or 

disappearing behind his work, on the con-

trary, he provocatively chooses narcissistic 

visibility, when he becomes a central figure 

in motivational self-development videos or 

performing as a supportive techno evan-

gelistic figure in Strouhal’s “First Scratch” 

project or shows up as visionary architect 

who is unwilling to initiate the monumental 

landscape transformation in the Engsling-

enalp project.

In his project, Jansa anticipates that the 

audience will be affected, which is why he 

builds his own complex environments. His 

project is not trying to warn us, nor is it try-

ing to mock the themes in a simple manner. 

It is very careful to find its balance in expres-

sion. Not giving clear instructions to adore, 

reject or mock, enables him to pull the spec-

tator in his zone. Therefore, the conclusions 

we draw from these situational games are 

purely ours. (T.K.)



Spiritual Fitness is a physical practise developed for Academy of Art, Architecture and 

Design in Prague (AAAD), presenting its complex self-development programe, in a form of 

public seminary. It is based on three video lessons. 

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more in PDF



SPIRITUAL FITNESS, 2016

mixed media (installation, videos, objects)




Spiritual Fitness, installation view from Karlin Studios


Spiritual Fitness, installation view from Karlin Studios


Spiritual Fitness, installation view from AM180


Spiritual Fitness, installation view from AM180


Spiritual Fitness, installation view from UMPRUM


Spiritual Fitness, installation view from PAF


Spiritual Fitness, installation view from PAF


screenshots from upcoming SF video


screenshots from upcoming SF video


screenshots from upcoming SF video


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THE BOOMERANG OF JOY, 2015

(performance)

Archetypal Situations I.: During the opening, civil-looking performers pay personal attention 

to visitors and present them my videos on the phone during unforgettable flattery.



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LIQUID YOU, 2015

(performance)

Archetypal Situation II .: There are approximately 15 standardly dressed performers at the vernis-

sage, watching me all night and repeating my gestures and movements synchronously.



LOOK AT THIS FERN, 2015

(performance)

Be sure you study closely and remember it carefully You won’t to miss anything.

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The installation of sculptures, depicting the presentation tent, where you can see the first video 

from the series spiritual fitness – Two minutes. The installation is made from copper tubes, that 

represent the heat conducting material.

DREAM BUILDING, 2016 

(video and installation) copper pipes, plastic foil, headphones, tv 



Zone 3, installation view and drawing detail, iron board: 4400 x 3200 mm


The basis of the exhibition Book Report is to build digital archive of all the books (1,500 items) 

awarded in  “The most beautiful Czech book” over the past 50 years. Books are scanned, stored 

and uploaded online daily by our digitizer laborer working by a predefined manual.

THE BOOK REPORT, 2015 

collective exhibition project with Lukáš Kijonka and Petr Babák



The Book Report,  installation view


ZONE 1, 2012

(process performance) plant, EEG, plotter, markers, wall: 4m x 3,2m

The only thing left thing in the room is the houseplant. I installed a device that reads and re-

cords information from the plant as if it were a computer hard drive. After 21 days the memory 

of the room was restored by transcription on the wall.



It absorbs evidence of my surroundings into itself. It responds to me. We fall asleep together at 

night and breathe the same air. Only we do not understand each other, yet. For example, trees 

can communicate with each other from one side of the forest to the other.  

ALPHABET, 2015 

(concept) biofeedback from plant tattooed on skin



ZONE 3, 2014 

(process performance) plant, biofeedback EEG, plotter, dremmel

The device captured biosignals from the plant in a noisy environment. Its internal language 

was engraved by a vertical plotter onto an iron board. The process took 15 days. After fin-

ishing, the visual record disappeared under newly grown rust.



Zone 3, installation view and drawing detail, iron board: 4400 x 3200 mm


ZONE 2, 2013

(process performance) plant, biofeedback EEG, plotter, markers

In a closed room absent of light or water, a device transcribes the biosignals of a plant onto the 

gallery wall until it dries up completely. The process took 28 days.




Zone 2, installation view and drawing detail, wall: 4000 x 3300 mm


As I ran, I recorded the sensory feeling of air flowing around me with anemometers placed 

on my body. Afterwards, the experience was recreated using electronically controlled fans 

and a loose canvas.

MODEL, 2013

(performance and installation) anemometers, controlled fans, silk



Click for Video

Model, installation view and performance, silk screen: 320 x 180 cm




ENGSTLIGENALP, 2014

 (architectural concept) installation, painting, texts, mixed media

A plateau called Engstligenalp is situated at an altitude of 2000 meters above sea level south 

from Adelboden in the Western Alps of Switzerland. It is a setting for a visionary project, whose 

aim is to install a device here which in a few thousand years would build a complex of caves.



Pernament Presence  

(video) 2014, iP 5, full HD

The resulting picture is confusing. Experiencing the fluid world, which blends elements of a 

digital simulacrum and general reality, makes it difficult to distinguish if the resulting image is 

formed by post-production manipulation or it’s just picture of a real environment.

Click for Video




APPLIANCES, 2016  

(installation) collective project with Jan Nálepa, mixed media



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