After moving to Paris, Àngels Ribé presented Labyrinthe in nearby Verderonne, in 1969. As a unicursal labyrinth, it had only one way in and out and only one possible route through. Built out of yellow plastic supplied by a local company, it had a translucent quality that contrasted with the opaque nature of a labyrinth—an architectural form redolent with symbolism and centuries of cultural associations with the passage of life, initiation rites and personal revelation, as well as the complexity of the universe and its infinite pathways. For her 2011 exhibition at MACBA, the artist rebuilt the installation in the same colour, but this time with two entrances and multiple routes. This work confronts us with our own corporeality and reminds us that we cannot help but modify any space we pass through. This is the third iteration of Àngels Ribé’s labyrinth to be built.
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