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Jutta Czeguhn, Munich
Embroidered knee pads from English churches, 460 pieces, in strict formation on a stone floor. In 1999 this spatial installation by Christoph Brech was seen in the Haus der Kunst. The subtly poetic exploration of sacred spaces, religious imagery, and Catholicism is part of the work of the Munich photographer and multimedia artist. In 2010, for example, he had access to the Vatican Museums and was allowed to move around freely there. A photo book, exhibitions were created in this way. In 2019, the 58-year-old caused a stir with his design of the choir and oratorio windows of the Holy Cross Church in Giesing, which were created on the basis of more than 1000 thoracic images. A major order from the Archdiocese of Munich and Freising. Until April 24, Brech’s photographs of crosses that he discovered on the graves of stillborn infants in the Prima Porta cemetery just outside Rome can be seen in the private chapel of the Air Museum in Amberg. On March 11, his imagery will be shown as a dome projection to Johann Sebastian Bach’s “Musical Sacrifice”, performed by the Ensemble Contrasts, to be experienced in the Nicolaus Copernicus Planetarium in Nuremberg. How does Christoph Brech, who has been involved in the Catholic community of St. Ursula in Pasing since his childhood and youth, see the current state of his church in view of the abuse scandals? How does he position himself as an artist? Does he see a turning point?