Sofia Leilani Kugelberg

Amusement Thesis 

Dimensions variable

UV and inkjet prints, steel, a variety of synthetic foams, wood, ferric chloride acid

2024

The frontal framed display of a photograph of a photograph is pasted on what was formerly known as the Object. Reality must be mitigated by the images of itself. 

You enter the go-away green gates and you are bombarded, napalmed with images, colors, and sounds.. It is extremely seductive to be enveloped in a fantasy world. Your inner experience is no longer yours, you become one with the facaded amusementscape. You are utterly drenched in the nostalgia sedative. Safety is suspension, thrill rides are orchestral. 

You are in a state of wish fulfillment: finally nature and human psychology may cooperate, even if it’s temporary, even if the wallpaper peels eventually.