'Wonderland:Construction', 2021, exhibited at DISKURS Berlin as part of an exhibition relay called 'It May Sound Utopian'.
The work was composed of a video loop played on a television screen in a black box constructed on the window of the gallery, a mirror that through it the viewer could see a paper tower,situated on the back of the black box. 
The work could only be viewed through the glass door and window of the gallery. 

Curatorial text by Anna Ratcliff:

Wonderland: Construction invites you to peer through the looking glass of DISKURS Berlin, where the white
cube has been turned into a black box. The window has been split in two, on one side a ghostly tower looms in
the foreground with the vision tricking our eyes as it shifts in space. On the other, the viewer sees a mirror
image of the tower, this time the spiraling summit reaching for heaven is not created of man-made concrete
but is ethereal and white.

Elinor Sahm has created a theatrical space where nothing is as it seems and the scene is created from light
and reflections seen through mirrors and glass. Sahm has an incredible way of making her work emerge as if it
has been around for an eternity: objects appear to be from lost cities and environments look as though they are
created from amethysts. This all adds an element of wonder which plays a large part in her work, however, the
enchanting settings deal with the darker side of human nature.

This installation is no different. The tower echoes that of Babylon, built from a utopian vision, it speaks of how
humans and civilizations are ruined by vanity and how miscommunication can lead to decay. Also, how
blinkered ambition and hubris can ultimately cause unbearable misunderstanding of a fellow human.

Just as Utopias are aspirational but inherently unattainable, Wonderland: Construction is a contradiction. A
wonderland is a finished ideal rather than a work in progress and utopias often turn out to be dystopias when
the destination is reached. There is always a disconnect between the idea and reality.

- Anna Ratcliffe, February 2021, Berlin.

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