“Putting these collages together is almost a divination. All of the cutouts are like Tarot cards and the combinations that fall on the table make the narrative. That I read any story into it is totally a subjective interpretation—just as a card reader creates a story based on the position of one card next to the other. The only difference is that once the cutouts make sense I glue them down, whereas the reader just puts the cards back in the deck. I have been fascinated with movies about Egyptian tombs for as long as I can remember. Over the years I have collected as many books on the subject as I can find, particularly those which feel like they’ve been kept in a drawer for a long time—with faded, even damaged, images. Out of these I’ve managed to construct a story in which neglectful parents have sent their children off to play in a great pyramid, which is accessible to them through a small hole in the wall that only a child or doll could fit through. The children, left to their own devices, create a new order inside this labyrinth, populated by goose-stepping mummies and frenetic characters. To me, it’s a world filled with the thrills—and horrors—that come from unexpected freedom.”—Fernando Santangelo