Yawning, an involuntary action, is marked by the opening of the mouth and a deep inhalation of air—a momentary suspension between impulse and rest. In some cases, it is part of an important anatomical function: the repositioning of the jaw. Yawning articulates sculptural masses, linked by an iron structure that tenses the space between plaster and cement ornaments and their own shadows. Two parts that together evoke a flexible and threatening opening. There is something of an animalistic desire in this presence. The alignment between the two sides refers to the mechanics of capture; one body receiving another and yielding to contain the latter. The mandibular system, analogous to the anatomy of snakes, opens wide and seems to yawn to re-fit the skull bones into the correct place. It desires the silent advance towards the ingestion of elements larger than its own jaw. Yawning, here, is less gesture and more machine, an interval between rest and violence.