Bus Stop

Julija Jonas

About this exposition

This exposition reflects on the phenomenon of the public transport stop as a metaphorical framework for the condition of migration and the figure of the waiting individual. By centering the act of waiting, this research examines how mutual understanding and cultural translation unfold within intercultural encounters. The bus stop serves as both a physical site and a symbolic threshold, a space of transition, suspension, and projection toward an uncertain future. Within this context, the project traces the transformative phases of subjectivity experienced during emigration, emphasizing the temporal dimension of waiting, expectation, and the tension inherent in moments of immobility. The final installation is situated directly within the public sphere, specifically at bus stops, where the object destabilizes the everyday rhythm of transit. By oscillating between staged intervention and authentic environment, the project foregrounds the paradoxical beauty of stillness, alongside the latent unease of anticipation.

type	research exposition
keywords	artistic research, migration, bus stop, stopping, blanket, plaid, figure, cocoon, public space, Brno, drapery, folds, digital photography, printing, vinyl stickers, advertisement, guerrilla action, intervention, performance, autotheory, autoethnography, diary, interviews, community, walking, walking as research, practice-based research, observation, waiting, identity, identity loss, liminality, nostalgia, home, diaspora, transformation, trauma, social change, intercultural interaction, urbanism, visa, immigrant, foreign police, ministry of interior, documents, passport, cultural identity, uncertainty, anxiety, object-body relationship, artefact, performative urbanism, phenomenology, poststructuralism, embodiment
date	22/09/2025
published	09/12/2025
last modified	09/12/2025
status	published
affiliation	FFA BUT
copyright	Julija Jonas
license	CC BY-NC-ND
language	English
url	https://www.researchcatalogue.net/view/3879486/3879487
published in	FFA BUT – Faculty of Fine Arts, Brno University of Technology
portal issue	1. 2025

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