The G. & A. Mamidakis Foundation invited proposals for a permanent installation to bring to life a very long corridor at The Minos Palace Art Hotel in Agios Nikolaos, Crete. The brief was a single word: Eudaimonia.

My response drew on the profound connection between the soul, happiness and the butterfly which is a symbol of transformation, fragility and the human spirit across cultures and centuries.

I proposed an installation that uses the unique and ever-changing perspective of a corridor to create engagement and pause for thought. Stretched across a very significant proportion of the wall's length is the sense of a single, large butterfly, formed from hundreds of smaller butterflies seemingly scattered along the same wall from end to end.

The single butterfly, however, is only truly discernible from either end of the corridor, through an extreme side-on perspective. As the viewer walks down the corridor the winged shapes appear to evaporate, only to reappear as they look back over their shoulder. The artwork changes entirely depending on where you stand.

My proposal was not selected.

Dimensions: H200cm x W7500cm x D1cm
Materials: Recycled coffee beans
Date: Spring 2023