A large serpentine-like creature slithers across the floor, contorting its body to fit a 98-square-foot gallery space in Mexico City. The Uncomfortable Giant is long and winding, its body is piled on top of itself and crammed into the small exhibition spaces. The sculpture was designed and built by Peruvian architecture firms Blanco, Estudio Jochamowitz Rivera, and Ghezzi Novak. The Uncomfortable Giant, made of totora reeds harvested from Perus Lake Titicaca, has adapted from the Peruvian lake, to the pseudo-industrial exhibition rooms at the LIGA Space for Architecture in Mexico City. Blanco, Estudio Jochamowitz Rivera, and Ghezzi Novak are all architecture studios based in Lima, Peru. The Uncomfortable Giant was the winning submission in LIGAs third open call for exhibitions. Founded in 2013 by Pamela Remy, Blanco focuses on art direction, editorial design and branding. Estudio Jochamowitz Rivera, run by architects Mariana Jochamowitz and Nicols Rivera, is an architectural practice that examines domesticity. Ghezzi Novak was founded by Arturo Ghezzi Novak and Gustavo Ghezzi Novak with an emphasis on a context-centered design approach.The sculpture is made of totora reeds harvested from Perus Lake Titicaca, used often as building material by the native Uros Chulluni community. (Patricio Ghezzi/ Courtesy LIGA)The oversized animal was built in Peru by Percy Coila, a native member of the Uros Chulluni community of the floating islands that surround Lake Titicaca to invoke the body of an enormous, ancient eel dwelling at the bottom of the lake. Located on the southern border of Peru, Lake Titicaca is inhabited by the Uros people on islands made of totora reeds. The people use the roots as their foundation for living, using it to construct buildings, boats, and other objects. The Uncomfortable Giant, coming from a lake, now rests in Mexico City, a sinking city built on top of Lake Texcoco centuries ago. The Uncomfortable Giant harvested from a lake in Peru, now sits in Mexico City, a sinking city built on top of Lake Texcoco. (Arturo Arrieta/Courtesy LIGA)The creatures tail erupts from the exhibition space, curling and tapering up into an opening within the gallery space. (Arturo Arrieta/Courtesy LIGA)Bulbous eyes emerge from one end of the sculpture, staring at patrons as they enter the exhibition. At the other end, the creatures tail erupts from the exhibition space, curling and tapering to a pronounced point. At 262 feet in length, The Uncomfortable Giant reimagines the benches traditionally crafted from totora reeds by the Uros community, so its only fitting that gallery-goers can mount and sit on the sculpture, harkening back to the materials more conventional use.The exhibit is open at LIGA for free admission until May 30, 2025.