Iwan is currently in Carinthia (Karnten), Austria creating another outdoor Labyrinth. Commissioned by A-Zone, an art space in the Leppen Valley, the Labyrinth is following a North American Indian design commonly found in woven baskets and called "The Man in the Maze."
The materials for creating the Labyrinth are wooden farming implements which have been used to farm in the valley over the last 200 years by the Haderlap family. These have a very poigniant symbolism, since several of the Haderlap family, being Slovene Austrians, were transported to death camps during the 2nd World War.
The Labyrinth is therefore a monument to peace and Zdravko Haderlap, the current farm owner, choreographer and journalist who has been working with Iwan to realize the project has called it Gernika #2. No pressure there then!
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