Monika Jagusinskytė

Still Room

Artist Monika Jagusinskytė, whose work explores themes of food and care, created a new photographic work inspired by the ‘still rooms’ of the 19th-century manors – unique spaces run exclusively by women. These mysterious rooms stored food supplies, medicinal herbs, and other medicines, and served as small apothecaries to care for the sick. In a society where women had fewer social rights, still rooms often became their independent studios. Jagusinskytė’s still room, in the form of a photographic composition, combines historical and contemporary objects.

Monika Jagusinskytė (b. 1995) is an artist based in Vilnius. Using photography, video and text, the artist captures the human body in everyday life, its constant change in relation to its environment. Her compositions are like phases of weightlesness, blurring the line between reality and dream, beauty and decay. In 2021, she graduated from the Amsterdam Fashion Institute (AMFI) with a Bachelor’s degree in Fashion and Technology. These studies greatly influenced her further work. The fusion of fashion and art is reflected in the artist’s choice of details, materials and textures, with clothing and accessories creating not only an aesthetic but also a symbolic and historical narrative.