From August 10 to December 31, 2018, Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture presented Space to Breathe, a new commission by Sofie Ramos inhabiting three entry sites: the 1926 Guardhouse, the power transformer, and the driveway separating the two.
Ramos’s fantastical installations suggest a painting expanding into space, using vibrant color and exaggerated shape to transform everyday objects and interiors. She remade the Guardhouse as a miniature playhouse visible only through four windows, with Chris Wood’s ambient soundscape highlighting contrasting energies. Line drawings paralleled the pedestrian crosswalk and led to a fantasy fence concealing the power transformer, with mural-like painting recalling children’s forts, carnival architectures, and fairy tales.
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The opening reception featured two activations: Moving In, choreographed by Rachael Cleveland and Ensemble, and Fumigator by Lacey Johnson and Dorothy Wang. At the mid-point of the commission, Chris Wood curated Space To Breathe — Deeper, an evening of three site-specific performances by Anthony A. Russell, Laetitia Sonami, and Kim Ip.
Sofie Ramos (b. 1990, Cincinnati, OH) is an Oakland-based artist who creates installations inspired by everyday material culture, curating found objects and patterns to make the mundane strange through form, color, and whimsy. Her site-specific work is known for its colorful chaos and continuous evolution. She has exhibited at Mixed Greens gallery in New York, Swim Gallery and Guerrero Gallery in San Francisco, and Johansson Projects in Oakland. She is the only artist with three permanent installations at Facebook HQ.
From August 10, 2018 to December 31, 2018, Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture (FMCAC) presented Sofie Ramos: Space to Breathe. In her new commission for FMCAC, Sofie Ramos inhabits three entry sites to the Fort Mason campus: the 1926 Guardhouse, the power transformer, and the driveway separating the two.
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