What goes up must come down
The Greek presocratic philosopher Herakleitos (around 500 BC) observed thatmovement upward and movement downward are 
part of one and the same thing: "what
goes up must come down."
This theme is illustrated by the vertical and
horizontal axis of the two triangles in this installation, which constitute the
basis for the rise of the sun (chariot) and the fall of the riders of the Apocalypse.
As the vertical and the horizontal plane of this work are part of one
whole, thus the historic cycles of rise and fall are to be considered as interconnected
parts of one unique organic constellation in time.
The installation consists of two interconnected triangle
s: a vertical
and a horizontal one. 
From the horizontal plane rises the chariot of the Sun (the
god Helios). From the vertical one theriders of the Apocalypse rush down to plunge
into their fall.
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