The ongoing Modernity series addresses the age of digital capitalism by mapping and playing with the digital traces we leave behind in the public sphere. This type of speculative world-building has occupied Sunesson's artistry until today.
Through-out the works of the series; "Zapping the Life 1.0", "Zapping the Life 2.0" (2022), "Staying with the trouble" (2023), the far-reaching effects that capitalism may have on human, and more-than-human relations are explored.
How can we deal with the instinct to "give up" when the situation feels overwhelming and find new ways to participate by "enduring" and modifying the system from the inside?
The work process of the series is mainly participatory, where Sunesson works with the local community through interviews, call-outs and home visits to deepen the themes of the series.
The solo exhibition "Staying with the trouble" is Sunesson's personal and playful interpretation of the feminist Donna Haraway's call to "endure" and "work with" and within a capitalist ecosystem on the verge of final collapse. The exhibition shows two works that Sunesson created 20 years apart; the new installation Staying with the trouble (2023) and the video work “A perfect white pet” (2008). In the new work, the child in "A perfect white pet" has become 20 years older. In both works, Sunesson works with organized advertising and call-outs via local and social media to communicate with people. In 2023, the collection of Nocco cans for the Nocco pyramid takes place in the exhibition together with young people and staff at the local school. In 2007-2008, she uses similar methods for the collection of Fisher price toys for the film "A perfect white pet".
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