San Francisco based artist sofie ramos has a installation based practice where she explores mundane everyday interior objects in a new way. She stated, “I’m drawn to the familiarity and personal associations tied to objects from the home, and the seduction and intimacy of interior spaces”. She curates everyday, material objects with bold colours and stacks them together in a tight space. When looking at her work, it truly looks like a clutter of colour. However when looking upclose, we can see these recognisable objects.
I am inspired by Ramos’ work as she is able to take the sense of familiarity inside our homes and present them in a completely different way with the simple act of changing the colours and placement of these objects. Especially when these installations are put in an outdoor space in “Heavy Soil”, we as viewers start to question our relationship with these familiar, comfortable spaces and objects. I touched on this idea in my site interventions too. I brought spaces that were comfortable and recognisable to me and took them outside, in a completely different environment. From looking at Ramos’ work, I think that it would be interesting to create a surreal atmosphere with familiar spaces .