Plantage Dok, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 2025

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In March 2025, as part of the exhibition WHAT’S NEXT?, Yaroslava created a large-scale textile object depicting the imagined supercontinent Novopangaea. The work is constructed from branded T-shirts sourced from local second-hand shops and humanitarian aid supplies. In Khomenko’s vision, Neopangaea is both a real possibility, based on geological theories of continental drift, and a metaphor for a globalized entity, stitched together and led by the corporations in pursuit of profit and logistical convenience. Today, we see companies extending their influence far beyond their products and services, intervening into social, political, and even biological conditions of populations. This idea, sometimes called corporate governmentality, is explored here through playful yet critical artworks. The artist invites visitors to think about these shifts and a future that may not be as distant or imaginary as it seems.

 

The logos and texts on the T-shirts resemble the names of fictional countries. Compressed fabric creates a textured, three-dimensional surface, distorting the inscriptions, which now appear dreamlike or as AI-generated lettering. The rough edges of the fabric echo the jagged borders of real maps, while the bright colors reflect familiar political map palettes. The use of mass-produced branded T-shirts exposes the embeddedness of corporate values and ideologies in everyday life. Like flags or uniforms, they mark spaces and wrap bodies in corporate messages.