In the series of site-specific installations Stations, realizzata per l’inaugurazione di Paratissima Art Station 2020, Eleonora Gugliotta explores the theme of abandoned railway stations, chosen to represent a profound analysis of the forgotten places in Sicily. These installations arise from the photographic images of glimpses of stations, signal boxes, and tracks now in disuse, taken by the artist and later mounted and affixed to the wall. The artist, using colored wool threads, intervenes on these images, bringing to life volumetric structures that expand into the space, reworking the existing architecture and creating a new structure within the original one.
The stations, symbols of broken connections, become the starting point for a reflection on the condition of the Sicilian land, where the once-thriving railway system today stands as a testament to gradual abandonment and a slow process of disconnection. The chosen stations, emblematic of the local reality, were once vital crossroads and now tell the story of isolation, marked by traces of a past that seems to remain still, almost frozen in time.
Through the intertwining of geometries and the layering of materials, the installations operate on three different scales: the station, as an architectural unit; the geometric composition, reflecting the relationship between space and form; and the room, a place of experience where the viewer confronts the sense of abandonment and the inaccessibility of the space. Each installation thus becomes a reflection on decay and the possibilities of rebirth through the creative reclaiming of space.
In this project, the stations are not only physical, but also symbolic: places that tell of broken connections, of a territory that has not experienced renewal, and of memories that continue to persist in the silence of forgotten spaces.
Information about the project exhibited at Paratissima 2020
Information about the project exhibited at Paratissima 2020
