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Below is a list of the labyrinths created so far, presented in chronological order starting with the most recent. This list is ongoing and continues to grow.
Below is a list of the labyrinths created so far, presented in chronological order starting with the most recent. This list is ongoing and continues to grow.
All of these projects are nomadic in nature and can be replicated—adapted and reimagined—in other parts of the world.
All of these projects are nomadic in nature and can be replicated—adapted and reimagined—in other parts of the world.
Below, you’ll also find a map highlighting the locations where the project has taken shape so far.
Below, you’ll also find a map highlighting the locations where the project has taken shape so far.
2025
The Hopepunk labyrinth (II)
28-30 May, 2025, Puebla, Mexico
The Hopepunk Labyrinth II, the second iteration of this project, created a space for reflection and dialogue through narrative and experimental practices, within the context of a existential posthumanist colloquium on the theme “Re-embracing our Vital Sense” held at the Tecnologico de Monterrey campus in Puebla. In discussion with two students, we invited the presence of the feminine Virgin Mary and the masculine Aztec God of the Sun, Huitzilopochtli, as we built the labyrinth. Huitzilopochtli is sometimes known as a humming bird or eagle. The nearby volcano, Popocatepetl stood as a guardian overseeing the activity whilst dramatically puffing out volcanic ash and gas plumes. Appropriately the name Popocatepetl means smoking mountain, from the Nahuatl language and is linked to a legend of two lovers who were transformed into mountains: Popocatepetl and Iztacchihuatl. The vital sense of nature was a formibable presence as an electrical storm with thunder, lightning and hail bombarded the sports field during the creation period. The semi-circular curve at the entrance of the labyrinth draws closer the Minotaur, through the symbolic depiction of his horns. Checking the direction that the labyrinth was placed in, we were delighted to discover that we had instinctively chosen due South. Mandela-like the Hopepunk Labyrinth II popped up and down, holding space for the masculine and feminine, reflecting that all is in change.
Features:
• It is an octagonal composition that fits within a 20 x 20 meter space.
•The labyrinth is constructed using reusable, solar-powered string lights, and metal pegs, making it both sustainable and replicable in other outdoor environments.
• The labyrinth is primarily intended for night-time use.
Collaborators:
Joanna Pascoe (concept development and on-site construction)
Stefano Rozzoni (concept development)
Katarzyna Horawa (on-site construction)
The labyrinth was created as part of the First World Colloquium on Existential Posthumanism: Re-embracing Our Vital Sense, held at Tecnológico de Monterrey, Puebla Campus, in Puebla, Mexico. The event was organized by Tecnológico de Monterrey and The Global Posthuman Network.
2024
The Hopepunk labyrinth (I)
11-13 August 2024, at Naturama in Galliera, Italy
It is a solarpunk labyrinth that situates itself at the boundary between an art installation and a performance activity:
a) As an installation, our labyrinth represents an octagonal structure that fits within a 20 x 20 meter space, with solar-powered string lights (sustainable and replicable in other outdoor environments) and six walking corridors. At the center of the labyrinth, there is an inner space with a chair and a notebook: walkers entering the labyrinth can write one or more lines inspired by their experience, which will be collected into a continuous and perpetual poetic narrative associated with the project, to be published on a dedicated online platform (website currently under construction).
b) As a performance, it is a community-based experiment that helps us embody a nonlinear, ongoing line of flight from our anthropocentric ways into a shared posthuman existence. The labyrinth offers an opportunity to improvise choreography with “research-creation thinking-doings,” using creativity and experimentation as modes of thinking inspired by Deleuze and Guattari (1987).
We see this project as an opportunity to encourage transformation towards social horizons of hope, peace, joy, curiosity, and love, combining walking with time for silent meditation and collective (and perpetual) writing.
Features:
• It is an octagonal composition that fits within a 20 x 20 meter space.
• The labyrinth is constructed using reusable, solar-powered string lights, and metal pegs, making it both sustainable and replicable in other outdoor environments.
• The labyrinth is primarily intended for nighttime use.
Collaborators:
Joanna Pascoe (concept development and on-site construction)
Stefano Rozzoni (concept development and on-site construction)
Labyrinth at Naturama, Galliera, Italia. Photograph taken by Stefano Rozzoni, 11 August 2024. Labyrinth packed out by B. and Joanna Pascoe.
The labyrinth was created as part of the Posthuman Summer Camp, dedicated to the theme "Posthuman(ist) Co-existence", organized by the Italian Posthuman Network and the Center for Posthumanist Philosophy Studies.
The Proto(type)
10 gen 2024, ..., NZ
This project represents the first prototype created within the framework of The La(be)rinth Project. It served as a practical test of the labyrinth design, developed specifically for a 20x20 meter space.
The labyrinth was constructed on sand, facing the ocean at lowtide—a setting that naturally embodies the impermanence at the heart of this project. Wind and water gradually erased its traces, yet this interaction with the nonhuman world enriched the experience with deeper meaning. The choice to create the labyrinth in a public, open, and freely accessible space invited spontaneous participation from anyone present in the area.
It was an open, collective experience—an impermanent moment of transformation shaped by both human and more-than-human forces.
Features:
• It is an octagonal composition that fits within a 20 x 20 meter space.
•The labyrinth is constructed using reusable, solar-powered string lights, and metal pegs, making it both sustainable and replicable in other outdoor environments.
• The labyrinth is primarily intended for nighttime use.
Collaborators:
Joanna Pascoe (concept development and on-site construction)
Stefano Rozzoni (concept development)
Labyrinth at Okains Bay | Kāwatea, Banks Peninsula | Te Pātaka-o-Rākaihautū, New Zealand | Aotearoa. Photograph taken by Joanna Pascoe, 25 May 2024. Labyrinth designed by Stefano Rozzoni and Joanna Pascoe, drawn up by Anthony Pascoe, built by Grant Wylie, Helen Brown, Elizabeth Sugrue and Joanna Pascoe.
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