This major 24-panel work is a history painting about art history. It reveals Sam Leach’s interest in seventeenth century Dutch landscape painting. Baroque forest and abstract, geometric landforms combine seamlessly to create a landscape that is both futuristic and romantic. Other elements make reference to American pop artist Jasper Johns and to German romantic painter Caspar David Friedrich, while the title references Thomas Sebeok, a pioneer in the field of bio-semiotics.