Death of the Serpent

An inflatable sculpture depicting a swan killing a snake, drawing on Greek mythology and Jungian symbolism. The work explores the tension between instinct and spirit, beauty and violence.

Death of the Serpent

An inflatable sculpture depicting a swan killing a snake, drawing on Greek mythology and Jungian symbolism. The work explores the tension between instinct and spirit, beauty and violence.

Death of the Serpent presents a dramatic encounter between two symbolic figures: the swan and the snake. In mythology and psychology the snake often represents instinct, chaos and destruction, while the swan embodies purity, beauty and spirit.

The sculpture captures the moment where the swan defeats the snake, freezing a violent transformation into a single image. Produced as a reflective inflatable form, the work combines a playful materiality with a darker symbolic narrative.

Accompanied by a sound composition, the installation creates an atmospheric space where myth, psychology and contemporary visual language intersect.

Location

Basement, Vesterbro

Year

2025

Dimensions

202×253

Status

Unfinished