Christian Boltanski, La semaine sainte, Saint-Eustache, Paris, 1994

Contemporary Art in St. Andrä, Graz, Austria

Hermann Glettler - Mahl in der Kirche, 2003 Aktion: gemeinsames Essen

Manfred Erjautz - ”A short break in time,” gewölbte plexiglasscheiben, geschmiedete gitter, 2008

Lois Weinberger, Oh Mein Gott, digital print on glass, 2009

Ronald Kodritsch - who's next, fenster im altarraum, farbe auf glas 2009

Fedo Ertl - Mr. Bader, Installation: Telefoninterview mit Videoaufzeichnung 1985/2000

Katharina Heinrich - O.T. Pfarrkirche St. Andrä, Installation eines Geflechtes in permanenter Erweiterung, 1999-2000

Peter Manhal - Kreuz an Kreuz, installation: leinwand als fastentuch mit projektion, 2000

Markus Wilfling - 'i' (Gummi geschliffen), 2000

Robbin Ami Silverberg and András Böröcz in Synagogue Šamorín, Slovakia

Zoning Sacred Space

I. Presence and Absence in Ritual-Aesthetic Events: icons and objects of Devotion 

     

      I-A. Miraculous Presence

      I-B Represented Presence - static

      I-C Represented Presence -  dynamic

      I-D Suggested Presence/Absence

II. The content of ritual-aesthetic events 

     II-A. Representing Narrative

     II-B. Performing a Narrative

     II-C. Symbolism

     II-D Text 

III. The context for Ritual-Aesthetic Events

     III-A. Participation

     III-B Volume: the void

     III-C. Matter: the organic material

      III-D. Form

IV. The Presentation of Ritual-Aesthetic Events

   

     IV-A. invitation

     IV-B. Commemoration

     IV-C. Interrogation

     IV-D. Suspicion

Dimly lit spaces

 Gottfired Bohm, Pilgrimage Church, Neviges, 1963-72

Great Warley Church

Le Puy en Velay

Dunfermline Abbey Church 

Dunfermline Abbey Church

St Antonius Catholic Church, Wuppertal Barmen, Germany, 1973

Converted Church

Zecc Architects - Converted chapel, Utrecht, Netherlands

Buildings within Buildings

Porziuncola in Santa Maria degli Angel, near Assisi, Italy

Porziuncola in Santa Maria degli Angel, near Assisi, Italy (interior)

Bornhouse Chapel, St Stae Church, Venice, 2009

Andrei Tarkovsky, Scene from Nostalghia

Jan Martense Schenck House, 1891, Brooklyn Museum 

RETREAT Exhibition At KunstFort Asperen Curated By Ben Van Berkel & Caroline Bos / UNStudio

Shrine to St John the Baptist, Umayyad Mosque, Damascus

Byzantine Fresco Chapel, Menil Collection, Houston, Texas, 1997

Michael Landy, Semi Detached, Tate Britain, 2004

Chapel of Deaconesses by Marc Rolinet, Versailles, France

Louise Bourgeois, Precious Liquids, Installed in CPAC, Bordeaux, France, 1992

Theis & Khan Architects, 'Lumen' in United Reformed Church, London, 2009

Terunobu Fujimori, Beetles House, '1:1 - architects build small spaces' at Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 2010

Studio Mumbai, In Between Architecture,  '1:1 - architects build small spaces' at Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 2010

Studio Mumbai, In Between Architecture,  '1:1 - architects build small spaces' at Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 2010