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Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius•Feb 28, 2025 — May 04, 2025
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Anastasia Sosunova’s solo exhibition ‘Fandom’ runs at the Contemporary Art Centre (CAC) in Vilnius until 4 May 2025.
In this exhibition, Sosunova continues her series of works inspired by the spiritual teachings of the founder of Senukai hardware stores. These teachings have been a guiding force for the business since its inception. Through fan fiction, the artist seeks to unlock the tensions, passions, and frustrations that arise between power and faith, encoded in rituals and hidden beneath the promises of DIY self-actualisation.
Fan fiction rarely adheres strictly to its source material. Instead, it often takes radical creative liberties, interpreting its inspiration through diverse genres such as comics, literary fiction, amateur cinema, or even pornography. In this case, Sosunova draws inspiration from the Lithuanian entrepreneur’s spiritual philosophies, shared through his books, radio programme, and the symbolic imagery associated with Senukai. The resulting wor…
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Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius•Feb 28, 2025 — May 04, 2025
Press Release
Anastasia Sosunova’s solo exhibition ‘Fandom’ runs at the Contemporary Art Centre (CAC) in Vilnius until 4 May 2025.
In this exhibition, Sosunova continues her series of works inspired by the spiritual teachings of the founder of Senukai hardware stores. These teachings have been a guiding force for the business since its inception. Through fan fiction, the artist seeks to unlock the tensions, passions, and frustrations that arise between power and faith, encoded in rituals and hidden beneath the promises of DIY self-actualisation.
Fan fiction rarely adheres strictly to its source material. Instead, it often takes radical creative liberties, interpreting its inspiration through diverse genres such as comics, literary fiction, amateur cinema, or even pornography. In this case, Sosunova draws inspiration from the Lithuanian entrepreneur’s spiritual philosophies, shared through his books, radio programme, and the symbolic imagery associated with Senukai. The resulting wor…
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