The Club for Grown-Up
Photographer Zhixuan Guo @viccccccccc.g
Stylist & Model & Fashion: @al1c33333
Access: @dariusmudakavi
This series draws inspiration from cult films such as The Holy Mountain and Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom, channeling their surreal, ritualistic, and transgressive visual language. Through the intertwined stories of three archetypal figures—the Dark Madonna, the Fallen Prostitute, and the High Priest—the work unfolds as a hallucinatory fable about devotion, corruption, and the seduction of faith.
The narrative begins with the Fallen Prostitute, whose death becomes a symbolic sacrifice. The Dark Madonna, once a figure of purity, receives a revelation through this act and descends into delirium. Guided by the High Priest, she ultimately embraces the darkness she once resisted, transforming into a divine yet profane entity.
Visually, the project oscillates between sacred and obscene imagery, exploring the collision of beauty and violence, spirituality and exploitation. The Club for Grown-Up reimagines the language of cult cinema as a contemporary myth of gender, power, and belief.
