Sphinx (NOW), 2020
230 x 250 x 90 cm
Lava rock, cement mix

 

Sphinx (NOW) constitutes a hybrid sculptural rendering of an unfinished marble statue of a Sphinx/Arpia from the 2nd century BC, which came from Delos and is now located in the Archaeological Museum of Athens, after an idiosyncratic journey through the Cyclades islands in the early 19th century. The material of the sculpture, the mineral lava, reflects the volcanic origins of the island of Santorini, entangling geological materiality with the mythological history of the Cyclades and the contemporary technologies of archaeological visualization and post-digital production.