Wonderland

• Created on: 29-09-2022
• 1650x2000x2000 cm

Wonderland (2022) by Evi Savvaidi dives into a domain of childhood memories, where images from the past erupt and construct the most favourite of memories, that of the family home. Traversing across themes of nostalgia and loss, the artist brings to our mind visual textures of the past. Meticulously transferring down to scale an entire neoclassical building with as much detail as possible, she creates an environment that speaks deep to our heart. The recollection of the place we grew up, often fills us with mixed feelings; happy memories can give way to sad memories, eventually creating an emotional rollercoaster. Allowing us to see both sides, –the magnificent façade but also the raw interior with all its supporting apparatus–, the work of Savvaidi represents a duality that melds architecture with the system of ‘memory – body’ into a single entity. It freezes moments in time pronouncing, at the same time, the emotional response to the displacement of feelings in personal and collective realms. The hypertrophic appearance of a flower stem just before blooming denotes the development of the self and its advancement. The immense pink colour declares a series of eloquent connotations orbiting around amity, affection, and inner peace.