21 Connaught Street, Connaught Village
13th – 25th October 2025
PV – 13th October
Artist-led tour – 15th October
Mosaic workshop – 24th October
Eleanor McLean
Jacob Talkowski
Ellie Pearch
Curated by Eleanor McLean as part of the Connaught Village Art Month
Photography by Moritz
The show examines nostalgia as a cultural phenomenon focusing on the home as a space which anchors generations of memories and stories, despite sometimes being precarious spaces. Feelings of nostalgia can prompt dialogues building community within culture. Idioms are an example of a trope within culture often rooted in folklore to elicit meaning figuratively and poetically. Fascinated by etymology, the show also considers John Koenig’s book, ‘The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows’ which navigates language to define specific complex emotions and human experiences which lack names. Koenig creates a new etymology combining ancient languages to create poetic impressions. One such term, ‘Anemoia’, defines the feeling of nostalgia towards a place or time one has not known or lived through.
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