Sky
is the Limit - (2019)
text by Dr. Kostas Prapoglou
archaeologist-architect, contemporary
art critic and curator
Embarking from the fundamentals of pre-Socratic philosophy and
more particularly Empedocles' (c.490-430 BC) four unchangeable elements (roots)
of fire, air, water, and earth, Evi Savvaidi creates an immersive constellation
of site-specific works that will populate a dedicated area at the beachfront
of Cottesloe Beach in Perth. Marine animals and -specifically for
this occasion- seashells, play a pivotal role in the visual vocabulary of
Savvaidi. Two 2.4-meter high totemic structures will occupy a noetic spiral the course inspired by the Fibonacci sequence, a logarithmic spiral frequently
found in nature (nautilus seashells, spiral galaxies, cyclones, plants, etc.).
Choosing the seashell as a component for her sculptures, the artist
investigates aspects of the life cycle and symbiosis, while she
simultaneously poses questions involving movement in a literary and
metaphorical sense, and conveys a connection between humans and the natural
environment. The blue color of her structures is in harmony with the immediate
surroundings, expanding the viewer's eye towards the ocean and the horizon. It
establishes a parallel reality nestling between the viewer and the surrounding
habitat, with the artist's four sculptures acting as pylons of emotional
interconnection and interdependence.
