Altar to St. Anne, 2026
Altar to St. Anne is a living memorial to the vanished sex workplaces in the Red Light District. Mercy St. J honors spaces where sex workers lived and worked and recognizes sex work as a spiritual, social, and economic practice. The altar's form invites remembrance and collective memory.
The work references the St. Annenkwartier, where window prostitution has largely disappeared due to policy and gentrification, and creates a space of care and encounter for sex workers and queer and trans* communities.
Casa Rosso, an iconic peep show in the Red Light District, forms the context of the pavilion and embodies the city's historical sex work infrastructure.
