Beep Boop! Computers and Game Consoles Blink to Life in Love Hultén’s Retrofuturist Tech
“R-KAID-R”
Beep Boop! Computers and Game Consoles Blink to Life in Love Hultén’s Retrofuturist Tech
February 14, 2025
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Kate Mothes
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From throwback pixelated video games to science fiction-inspired computer consoles, Love Hultén’s playful sculptures (previously) harken back to the birth of digital.
Based in Gothenburg, Sweden, the artist’s explorations of video games, electronic music, and retrofuturist aesthetics continue to shape playful pieces like “R-KAID-R,” a mobile video game complete with a toggle, all of which can be carried like a briefcase.
“The Singer”
One recent work, “The Future Fan Stage” takes a humorous approach to a fantastical fusion of live performance, science, and computers. Commissioned for Gothenburg’s Way Out West, the screen doubles as a fully functional stage that played live recordings of the headliners “for what might be the largest yet smallest crowd in history: sperm and eggs getting ‘ready to rumble’ in a laboratory,” Hultén says.
The artist draws on controversies surrounding in vitro fertilization (IVF) that have reached a fever pitch during the past few years. Taking an optimistic approach to science and modern medicine, Hultén references studies demonstrating that music may improve fertilization during the IVF process.
Hultén’s work will be on view in Liljevalchs’ spring salon Vårsalong 2025, which opens on February 14 in Stockholm. Find more on the artist’s website.
“Leto”
“The Future Fan Stage”
Detail of “The Future Fan Stage”
“Y-17”
Detail of “Y-17”
“R-KAID-R”
Detail of “Leto”
“The Singer”
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