The commission consists of a video The Day We Went to See Him Dead and a series of prints The Death of the Pope created as part of a unique collaboration between the artist Pauline Curnier Jardin and a collective of sex workers, artists and architects who, since 2020, have been performing under the collective name Feel Good Cooperative. The video depicts a January 2023 trip to the Vatican when members of the Feel Good Cooperative — as well as a total of 195,000 Christians from around the world — went to bid farewell to the late Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI during the funeral display of his body in St. Peter’s Basilica.

Commission under the topic of Kinship and Family in the 21st Century, presented as part of exhibitions:

Roman Parties, The Prague City Gallery, The Czech Republic, November 14, 2023 – February 25, 2024, organized by Jindřich Chalupecký Society

Unruly Kinships, CCA Temporary Gallery, Cologne, Germany, February 4 – April 30, 2023, organized by the CCA Temporary Gallery

Photo: Jan Kolský