Larnaka Biennale - "Worship Container"

Larnaca Biennale 2018 – Finalists Award

Year produced: 2018
Approximate dimensions: 300 x 120 x 220 cm (length x depth x height)
Materials: MDF, MDF with oak veneer, corian and steel tubes
Design & Manufacture: Constantinos Economides – Marios Charalambous
Concept Creation / Curation: Yianna Tsolaki
Photos: Emma Louise Charalambous

Worship Container

The Container denotes that it Contains matter. There is neither implication nor intent however that the Container that Contains will be transferred, much rather its mobility or aspired destination remains irrelevant.

And what if the Content of the Container is paradoxically deemed unworthy of transferring.. Would that somehow belittle its historic role or aspect of essentiality?


This proposal sought to focus on the topography of five monumental religious buildings in Larnaka which formed a Worship Container or vessel, enabling the audience to experience a visual connection between man and his (spiritual) heritage.

– Church of St. Lazarus
– Hala Sultan Tekke Mosque
– Sourp Stephanos Armenian Apostolic Church
– St. Mary of Graces Catholic Church
– St. Joseph’s Roman Catholic Church