The mosaic “Feast of Dionysus” is a good example of works from the late 1970s and early 1980s in which space is only rudimentarily defined in the overall design. This allows the mosaic to further articulate its surrounding architectural space without disrupting its own structure and impact on the viewers. The space depicted in the mosaic is divided into two planes. The background plane has little depth while the shapes in the front are “heavy” since they are constructed through contrasting shadows and light. The absence of half tones divides the work into two halves – a light and a dark one. The dark and light bands of tesserae serve as highlights and core shadows, which make the images, seem more like sculptures.
The placement of the human figures near the room’s floor serves to blur the border between the artwork and its architectural surroundings. The scale is large and the distance between the viewer and the mosaic intentionally short, which results in the viewer becoming a participant in the depicted ritual.
The two mosaics “Rhodope Song” and “Feast of Dionysus” face each other in the foyer of Hall №2 and are thematically related. The “movement” in each flows towards the other, uniting “rhythm” and “ecstatic ritual”.