The language of the underland
RCA2020, Royal College of Art online degree show, July 2020
Work installed in an empty retail premises during lockdown
- only cats were invited
Ceramic, plaster, paper mache, raw clay, sand, found objects
Positioned outside the gates of the city, the Sphinx is liminal – an outsider, both protector and monster. The Sphinx is a riddle. She perverts semiotics and language. In the story of Oedipus, the Sphinx is pre oedipal – pre language. She speaks in a questioning voice, the language of the underland.
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