Samantha Rebello

The myth of the Cut (an allegory of creation, whose offshoots lead to the birth of King Midas) unfolds the making of the world, via a play of morphology in language, and The Stew and the Slew (an ironical tale told in fragments by the fictional Quintillius Quintillian), together with an array of visual works referencing historical art forms, make up the pieces of Midas' history, a kind of labyrinth, hall of mirrors, puzzle or a game, whose doublings, forks, twists and metamorphoses unfold the various axiologies and eschatologies, of a 'king' aiming towards 'gold', setting into play the problem of interpretation (in the work and in the world), the metaphorical nature of our understanding, and the relationship between sign/image and truth.