The exhibition MICKEY IS MY HOME by Saulius Leonavičius (Vegan on Acid) marked the completion of the two-month residency of the artist in Egypt and took place at MASS Alexandria throughout 26–31 October, 2018.  

The exhibit consisted of a new installation The Temple of Mickey and a happening Breakfast on Sour Grass – an ongoing project that the artist conceived a few years ago with his partner Gabriele Leonavičė and friends in Lithuania. Based on a context-specific research, the exhibition was revolving around the relations between the local and the global, popular culture and germination. Within these conceptual latitudes the artist also referred to two important aspects: the isolated space of a child, commenting the ideas in the book by Hakim Bey Temporary Autonomous Zone, and the emergence of a ‘space within a space’ along with a formally and conceptually contradictory construction within an established system. The installation was also an attempt to reflect on the particular fate of Walt-Disney character Mickey the Mouse that was introduced to Egypt by Samir in 1956/59, adopted by almost every child, and therefore can now be found in Egypt in every imaginable form and shape.

This exhibition is part of the project 4Cs and of the exchange programme between MASS Alexandria and VAA Nida Art Colony.