23” x 20” x 13”
58.5 x 51 x 33 cm

Ash, plywood, piano-wire, glass beads.

Here men were recreating the most powerful mythic ritual, possibly unaware of its cultural significance. The coiled fire-spitting serpent held captive in the labyrinth. The ritual of transformation: from the sacrifice of the serpent and the burial of the parts of its body which sprout in the form of food to the awesome creation of energy.