In this work, Rashid Al Khalifa creates fragments of a labyrinth, relics that emerge from the ground, tilted at varying angles. Is this the discovery of a lost labyrinth or the materialization of hauntingly futuristic artifacts?

Rashid plays on this concept of time and discovery, of the modern and ancient, through these fragments, whereby each piece is reminiscent of ancient mythology and yet, they are strikingly contemporary. Furthermore, each fragment exhibits different motifs adopted from the diagram of the Egyptian labyrinth presented by the 17th-century Jesuit scholar Anthanasius Kircher in his book Turris Babel (1679).

Kircher’s labyrinth is largely derived from the description of Herodotos, who described a similar structure in Fayoum. The perforated motifs on the copper and brass exterior, beautifully oxidise and cast shadows of light on the ground as visitors traverse the installation.