not as it appears @FunkhausWien

by Jatun Risba

Jatun Risba’s solo debut at Funkhaus Wien offers a rare opportunity to encounter an artist who has transformed a debilitating health condition (multiple sclerosis) into a path of artistic creation, self-empowerment, and collective restoration. not as it appears is simultaneously a healing journey, a philosophical inquiry, and an aesthetic experience — asking audiences to consider what lies beneath what is visible.

Jatun Risba: not as it appears

Funkhaus Wien
8. 4. – 20. 4. 2026


not as it appears is a solo exhibition by transdisciplinary artist and researcher Jatun Risba (SLO), exploring the evolving relationships between body, environment, and perception. The exhibition unfolds as a Via Sanitatis— a path of embodied inquiry into themes of health, neuroplasticity, and multispecies reciprocity, informed by ecofeminist practices, queer ecology, and posthumanist thought. Through performance, photography, video, and graphic works, the exhibition invites the audience to reflect on what is seen, felt, and known beyond appearances.

At the core of the exhibition is The Intimacy of Otherness— an extensive intermedial work developed over three years (2023–2025). The performance lecture is grounded in Risba’s personal experience of successful self-healing from multiple sclerosis (2012–2019). The accompanying works guide visitors through different dimensions of identity and embodiment, and their transformations toward a more-than-human understanding of the self.

With support from: Funkhaus Wien, Slovenian Cultural Centre in Vienna (SKICA), Italian Cultural Institute in Vienna (IIC), Arion Creative, New Life Contract, TIP 95, Science Meets Art, Shifei, and Never At Home. Photographs: Franco G. Livera

DATES AND LOCATION

Opening:  Wednesday 8 April, 7:00 pm, performance teaser at 8:00 pm (15 min, three repetitions)

Exhibition: 9–20 April 2026, open daily 3–6 pm and by appointment.

Performances – The Intimacy of Otherness (60 min): 10 April, 12 April & 18 April at 20:00. Reservation required. Limited to 25 participants.

Finissage: Monday, 20 April, 7:00 pm — Art & Science meeting with the artist, guests, and audience.

Location:
Funkhaus Wien, Argentinierstraße 30B, A-1040 Vienna