The work integrates a horizontal grid with handcrafted organic forms. The grid constitutes the structural “backbone” of the sculpture. Since it first appeared in the Indus Valley around 2600 BCE, the grid has been one of the most common organizing principles of urban settlements. In this work it is used as a signifier of the continuity and communality of human experiences.
Moreover, then as now, many people live perilously in a world over which they have little control. The famous Spring Fresco, recovered from the Akrotiri archeological site, portray a rugged volcanic landscape where the earth resembles waves, always in motion, creating extraordinary shapes. These depictions of the ground as a living and ever-shifting entity inspired the organic forms that emerge from the grid and modify it into a play of individual and differentiated forms.