Sofia Hulten: Adapting Urban Environments.

Sofia Hulten is interested in the possibilities of expanding objects. Instead of producing or including them, she is interested in changing the state of existence of her ready-made material. Her work is not about reaching the final destination - object of art - through the shortest route, but to circle around the in the labyrinth of possibilities which, to her, is a process of unpredictability. In much of her sculptural work applies performance and interaction, wherein objects often become material and vice versa. I am interested in what draws Hulten to the kinds of objects she chooses - urban related objects that evoke the same bleakness that I aim for through my own selection of materials and objects. Much of her work involves metal, like the bike frames or distorted garden fences you see below. And, more importantly, she also works with pedestrian barriers! Hulten's work is visually the best comparison I can draw to my own work. I really like how playful she is with the objects she finds, especially the gate that has been crated into a box shape- this ultimately is making me think more about my fence and what I could do with it structurally or at least by involving other material. I want to preserve the shape it is already in - perhaps I could consider making other smaller pieces that are distorted parts of fences to go around the larger work?