The Transformative Figure, picture: Jonatan Sundström

picture: Ahmed Alalousi

The Transformative Figure - Den transformativa figuren

The Transformative Figure is a 3-channeled video-installation in which a Transformative Figure, and its creator meet. A discussion about who feeds who occurs: is the work of art a creation made by the artist or does it have its own agency?

The Transformative Figure was exhibited at Sinne gallery in Helsinki in 2024.

Script, Directing, Editing, Costumes, Producing - Anna-Sofia Nylund

Cinematography, Grading, Visual Effects - Jonatan Sundström

Sound Recording, Sound Design, Composing - Iida Hägglund

The Transformative Figure - Sara Grotenfelt

The Artist - Anna-Sofia Nylund

The Curator - Markus Åström

Arguing couple - Liisa Blad and Matteus Blad

Subtitling consultation and language check - Astrid Stenius

Additional Music Epidemic Sound

Thank you

Mari-Helen Hyvärinen / LUSTs demofestival

Hannele Mikaela Taivassalo / Skriftskolan

Markus Åström / Sinne

Tommi Seitajoki

Malin Nyqvist

Eva-Maria Koskinen

Camilla Roos

Marie, Mojo, Finne

Salla Valle / Ostaritutkimuksia

Anna Kari / Konstmuseet Ateneum

Citycon

Ali Akgul

Musse Akgul

Ramiz Laydinen

Chang Khao

and all the others who participated in the film

Media attention:

"Muuttuva hahmo jalostuu toimivaksi yhdistelmäksiälyllisyyttä ja sympattiisuutta"

"Teoksen visualisuus on hallittua ja vetoavaa"

(The evolving character is refined into a workable combination of intelligence and sympathy.
The visuality of the work is controlled and appealing)

Taidelehti 5-6 2024 - Petteri Enroth

"Taiteilijalta näyttävä, läpikuultava ja rytmikkäällä pulssilla kommunikoiva hahmo osallistuu Nylundin työskentelyyn ja jokapäiväiseen elämään. Samalla se tuo arkisiin tilanteisiin kummaa paikantajua."

(A figure that looks like the artist, who is transparent and communicating with a rhythmic pulse, participates in Nylund's work and daily life. At the same time, it brings a strange sense of site to everyday situations.)

Helsingin Sanomat - Sini Mononen, Neljä näyttelyä, jotka kannattaa nähdä tänä viikonloppuna

25.10 2024

"Anna-Sofia Nylunds nya videoverk Den transformativa figuren sprakar till och vill för mycket. Ursprungligen var det meningen att i stället skriva ett ”men” i föregående mening men det ska visa sig att Nylunds alla lager, metanivåer och berättarspår faktiskt fungerar tematiskt."

"Det är därför Nylunds verk till slut aldrig blir för mycket. Det överväldigande, det för myckna, är själva poängen."

(Anna-Sofia Nylund's new video work, The Transformative Figure, is bubbly and wants too much. The original intention was to add a 'but' to the previous sentence, but it turns out that all of Nylund's layers, meta-levels and narrative tracks actually work thematically.

That's why, in the end, Nylund's work is never too much. The overwhelming, the too much, is the point.)

Huvudstadsbladet 20.9 2024