The gallery is showing an installation in which the artist talks about cultural memory, the passage of time, the search for values and their loss. The artist presents her artistic interpretation of how to preserve and make sense of books condemned to destruction. The installation uses old books that people no longer want to read or own. The artist wraps the books in a clean white cloth, packages them, sews them up, as if mummifying and "burying" them, thus creating a parallel to the tradition of saying goodbye to the dead. The installation is complemented by paintings coated with black pigment, reminiscent of a fire pit or a ritual burning site. According to Tornau, the idea of making sense of the "death" of the book through artistic means was born out of the decline of the book and the change in its function, especially among adolescents and youth. "People don't read books anymore, literature doesn't shape their worldview. We are witnessing the signs of the depreciation of books, their slow death. I often find discarded books by the rubbish bin. At best, they are left in the bookshop on the shelf of unwanted books or in the book 'nesting box'. I find this wrong, even blasphemous. There have been periods in history when books have been destroyed as foci of hostile ideology. Conversely, books banned under repressive conditions have played an important role in shaping people's worldviews. A book could determine a person's destiny and stimulate his or her thinking," says the author of the exhibition. The exhibition will be on display at the gallery "Kairė-right" (Latako str. 3, Vilnius) until 16 February.