"The Labyrinthine Effect": Australian Centre for Contemporary Art.

In "The Labyrinthine Effect," curator Juliana Engberg tracks a genealogy of artists who make mazes, from Bruce Nauman to Francis Alys. From time to rune, the exhibition implies, certain symbols become important in culture. As Engberg notes in the show's catalogue, the labyrinth is both a sculptural form and a synecdoche for the walk-in environment.

(It's also the dominating trope in interactive iCinema and games culture.) Almost all of the show's labyrinths are installations that are at the same time historically self-conscious to the nth degree and irony free. Despite the ...

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