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Snake House

Before-and-after views of a stairwell transformed by SCAF into a giant purple snake.
Artwork FileVannes · France

Snake House

Seen2021

SCAF · Vannes

Street Art Utopia archive, media 47859. Artwork: SCAF. Photographer and capture dates not recorded. Before-and-after composite; no dates assigned to either panel.

SCAF’s Snake House turns a stairwell at Dédale in Vannes into the path of a giant purple snake. Its open mouth seems to project into the entrance space. The work belonged to the venue’s renewed ground-floor exhibition in 2020–21. Source Checked Exhibition archive

Alain’s photograph is captioned 2021; Street-Heart dates its own images to May 2021. These historical photographs do not establish the installation’s present condition. Source Reported Street-Heart photographs

💡 3 things to know

  1. Built around the stairsThe snake's body crosses the staircase and rises beside the handrail. Its head appears to project into the entrance space. Source Checked
  2. A new ground floorVannes's September–October 2020 magazine documents the replacement of Dédale's earlier ground-floor works and names Snake House. Source Checked
  3. Part of Level 0The venue's archive places the installation in Level 0 for 2020–21. Source Checked

📍 Where it is

Dédale, 8 rue du Commerce, Vannes, France Source Checked

Open in Maps

Map pin from the linked location record. No Street View image has been verified.

🗓️ Sightings

  1. 2020Jun

    Creation month recorded by Street-Heart.

  2. 2020Sep

    Illustrated in Vannes Mag #124, September–October issue, page 12.

  3. 2021May

    Street-Heart's photographs are dated May 2021.

  4. 20218 Nov

    Street Art Avenue publishes photographs dated 2020 and 2021.

Green stamps mark dated photographs; amber stamps are reports or records. Publication dates are not camera dates.

✅ The facts

Artist
SCAF Source Checked
Title
Snake House Source Checked
Made
June 2020 Source Reported
Venue
Dédale, Vannes Source Checked
Address
8 rue du Commerce, Vannes Source Checked
Exhibition
Level 0, 2020–21 Source Checked
Photo evidence
Photographs dated May 2021 Source Reported
Present condition
Not established by the historical evidence listed here. Source Unconfirmed

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All sources & image credits

Street Art Utopia archive, media 47859. Artwork: SCAF. Photographer and capture dates not recorded. Before-and-after composite; no dates assigned to either panel.

Last checked: 25 October 2026 · How we verify art