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JUST JEST YOUR GESTURE

A hand-gesture-themed series of stained glass windows by Karl Unnasch
for Can Can Wonderland 
in St. Paul, Minnesota

- 2022 -

Just Jest Your Gesture, stained glass by Karl Unnasch at Can Can Wonderland, St. Paul, MN





"SAY WHAT?"


In bold bursts of color, this 2022 project sketches hand gestures from all walks of life, reminding us just how much we can say using no words at all. 

Just Jest Your Gesture overlooks the
concessions area at Can Can Wonderland in St. Paul, filtering the late-afternoon sun from patrons' eyes as they await their food orders.

Housed in the historic American Can Factory building, Can Can Wonderland is one of the Twin Cities' most beloved all-age playgrounds and the first arts-based public benefit corporation in Minnesota. Offering indoor artist-designed mini-golf, classic arcade games and entertainment along with delicious food and adult beverages galore, it has quickly become a community hot-spot.





Just Jest Your Gesture, stained glass by Karl Unnasch at Can Can Wonderland, St. Paul, MN



A(n Intentionally Convoluted) Word from the Artist

"Hands are an extension of the face – they allow for the recognition and easy discernment of a distinctively abrupt mote of emotionally driven communication. Connotated irony drives perceived mirth. Directly saying without vocal dialogue is the shortest path to unfettered understanding. To be said without saying efficiently disregards manufactured trappings of distinction.

"We point to get to the point…
that’s the point."



- Karl Unnasch, Artist



Just Jest Your Gesture, stained glass by Karl Unnasch at Can Can Wonderland, St. Paul, MN

Articles & Press:  

· Forthcoming...









Just Jest Your Gesture, stained glass by Karl Unnasch at Can Can Wonderland, St. Paul, MN



Special thanks go out to: 

· Rob Clapp and the Can Can Wonderland Staff
· Ian Meisner
· Kris Douglas 
· Sqvibl and LilBoi