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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.
2026
Solar-Hopepunk Labyrinth
5 February 2026, by the Birrarung in Warburton, Naarm, Melbourne, Australia
With care for Country, the labyrinth sprung up seamlessly next to the Birrarung River. The Birrarung is alive, acknowledged by the Rights of Nature Yarra River Protection | Wilip-gin Birrarung murron Act 2017, Australia's first law that recognizes a river as a single, living natural entity with a heart and spirit. Every morning a mist rises off the river, thus the name, Birrarung, River of Mists.
The labyrinth popped up at the midpoint between Summer Solstice and the Autumn Equinox. Built with the support of members of the Australian Posthuman Summer Laboratory (RMIT) we could hear the Birrarung burbling and kookaburra and cockatoos calling as we worked. A group of university student campers lent us their hammers and joined the labyrinth passengers. At midnight, this group sat in the inner circle and we spoke of philosophy, the planet and hopepunk agency despite the times. We walked the labyrinth under the gaze of Orion | Kulkunbulla and Jupiter. The labyrinth was dissolved in the presence of the Birrarung mist, morning dew, heavy on the grass.
The labyrinth was created during the field trip to the Birrarung River as part of the RMIT Australian Posthuman Summer Laboratory: An interdisciplinary laboratory exploring the intersections between posthuman methods and First Peoples knowledges.
for joy for joy
for joy for joy
for joy for joy
dots of white lights echo constellations,
a milky way,
the path lies before, falls behind
bare feet on grass
nerve endings on magnetic rhythms,
the body knows to move,
to keep moving swept along,
amidst waves,
waves of light,
powering solar shimmer
waves of sound,
a river burbles
waves of gravity holding us
as Earth spins
the Moon orbits
our galaxy spirals
A giant stingray, wings gently flapping
maintaining momentum
under open sky on Country
care for Country
care for peace
kummargii zoe
for flow
for waves
for joy for joy
for joy for joy
for joy for joy
2025
The Sonic Labyrinth
5-6 December, 2025, at Auckland University of Technology (AUT) in Auckland, New Zealand
Under the auspices of a supermoon, a large full moon close to the Earth in its orbit, the Sonic Labyrinth was opened at 3.03pm on 3 December, at Auckland University of Technology (AUT) on the Northshore Akoranga campus. Three is a creative, optimistic number celebrating artistic expression. Built by Joanna Pascoe and Yael Cameron, through an electrical storm system with thunder, lightning, rain and a rainbow, the weather echoed the stormy construction experience in Puebla, Mexico. We acknowledged the Earth mother, Gaia, Papatūānuku, and under an open sky, the Egyptian sky goddess, Nut, who, every evening swallows the sun, only to birth it again in the morning. The sun is crucial to this project as the energising power for the solar strings of lights and the solar-powered rock speakers amplifying the sonic quality.
This iteration attracted a contestable research fund for sound producer, Dale Cotton, to create a sonic element, evoking a connection with the Earth and the cosmos, adding to the atmosphere without overpowering it. Inspired by the atmospheric key of B Harmonic Minor, Notes: B – C♯ – D – E – F♯ – G – A♯ – B known as the key of patience, of calm awaiting one's fate and of submission to divine dispensation, Dale mixed the electromagnetic signals of wild whistlers and chorus waves collected by NASA’s Van Allen probes. These waves are created by electrons spiralling along magnetic field lines around Earth, interacting with other electrons in the region to accelerate them to higher speeds or push them into Earth’s upper atmosphere. An ongoing, non-repeating, dynamic, algorithmic sound scape played into the diegetic sounds of wind, motorway, people walking, insects chirping, adding a non-diegetic galactic and evocative mood to the encounter. An ever-evolving sound pattern, via non-repeating number theory, the sonic aspect is labyrinthine itself, and a collaborator with the labyrinthine lights. The constellation of Orion on-high was sentinel. The event was opened to the public on 5 and 6 December after karanga and karakia. The aerial-view photograph was taken by drone, credit, Ralph Loader. Video and still photograph by Joanna Pascoe.
Hopepunk Labyrinth
28-30 May, 2025, at Monterey Tec in Puebla, Mexico
Hopepunk Labyrinth, the second iteration of this project, created a space for reflection and dialogue through narrative and experimental practices, within the context of the inaugural 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 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 formidable 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 continuum, reflecting that all is in change.
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
Solarpunk Labyrinth
11-13 August 2024, at Naturama in Galliera, Italy
Listen to the labyrinth poem, co-written by labyrinth passengers.
The Solar-Hopepunk labyrinth situates itself at the boundary between an art installation and a performance activity:
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, collected into a continuous and perpetual poetic narrative associated with the project, to be published on a dedicated online platform (website currently under construction).
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.
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 deconstruction 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.
Lines of light, lines of flight
Dots of light draw us into potentia
A walk in the dark,
held by the luminous
Offering an opportunity
to transform
to acknowledge a shadow
to let go of a sadness
to welcome a new perspective
or a joyous realisation
The nonhuman
amplified under a big sky
The touch of
night air
on unseen skin
The dark green depth of
tall trees on the boundary, a container
insect companions hum
feet tread on grass and soil
Our Earth supporting this moment
the sky heavy with star-studded stories
our solarpunk labyrinth
a micro reflection
What might come
on the octagonal path?
Inspired by Lauren Berlant and Kathleen Stewart’s The Hundreds (2019), which amplify processes of world-making, the way things resonate, happen in atmospheres, rhythms of encounter, as a way to take stock of what is happening.
The Prototype
25 May 2024, Banks Peninsula, South Island, New Zealand
On a clear blue sky autumn day in May, at Okains Bay, we brought forth the 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 20 x 20 meter space.
The labyrinth was constructed on sand, facing the ocean at lowtide—a setting that naturally embodies impermanence which is 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.
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.
Piha Beach prototypes and practice runs with Ralph Loader and Joanna Pascoe, 7 May 2025 and 29 July 2023. Built with rake, stick and string.
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