{"id":450263,"date":"2025-02-14T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-02-14T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/?p=450263"},"modified":"2025-02-13T10:35:33","modified_gmt":"2025-02-13T16:35:33","slug":"love-hulten-computers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/2025\/02\/love-hulten-computers\/","title":{"rendered":"Beep Boop! Computers and Game Consoles Blink to Life in Love Hult\u00e9n&#8217;s Retrofuturist Tech"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull is-style-default entry-header is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-5 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\"><figure class=\"colo-post-featured-image wp-block-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1665\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/hulten-2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"a sculpture resembling a retro, green computer or device with a hinged closure, shown open with a white surface, a black toggle stick and black buttons, and a small screen with a pixellated game image\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/hulten-2.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/hulten-2-640x533.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/hulten-2-960x799.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/hulten-2-768x639.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/hulten-2-1536x1279.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">&#8220;R-KAID-R&#8221;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group post-title is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-2 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\"><h1 class=\"alignfull wp-block-post-title\">Beep Boop! Computers and Game Consoles Blink to Life in Love Hult\u00e9n&#8217;s Retrofuturist Tech<\/h1>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull post-meta is-layout-flex wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\"><div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2025-02-14T05:00:00-06:00\">February 14, 2025<\/time><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"taxonomy-category wp-block-post-terms\"><a class=\"category-art\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/category\/art\/\" rel=\"tag\">Art<\/a><a class=\"category-design\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/category\/design\/\" rel=\"tag\">Design<\/a><a class=\"category-music\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/category\/music\/\" rel=\"tag\">Music<\/a><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-author-name\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/author\/kmothes\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"wp-block-post-author-name__link\">Kate Mothes<\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull post-share-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-3 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-outermost-social-sharing has-visible-labels has-icon-color is-style-logos-only is-layout-flex wp-block-social-sharing-is-layout-flex\"><li style=\"color: #1c1e0d; 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\" class=\"outermost-social-sharing-link outermost-social-sharing-link-mail has-crow-color wp-block-outermost-social-sharing-link\">\n\t<a href=\"mailto:?subject=Beep%20Boop%21%20Computers%20and%20Game%20Consoles%20Blink%20to%20Life%20in%20Love%20Hult%C3%A9n%27s%20Retrofuturist%20Tech&#038;body=Beep%20Boop%21%20Computers%20and%20Game%20Consoles%20Blink%20to%20Life%20in%20Love%20Hult%C3%A9n%27s%20Retrofuturist%20Tech%20&mdash;%20https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thisiscolossal.com%2F2025%2F02%2Flove-hulten-computers%2F\" aria-label=\"Email\"  class=\"wp-block-outermost-social-sharing-link-anchor\">\n\t\t<svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\"><path d=\"M20,4H4C2.895,4,2,4.895,2,6v12c0,1.105,0.895,2,2,2h16c1.105,0,2-0.895,2-2V6C22,4.895,21.105,4,20,4z M20,8.236l-8,4.882 L4,8.236V6h16V8.236z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t<span class=\"wp-block-outermost-social-sharing-link-label \">\n\t\t\tEmail\t\t<\/span>\n\t<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<button class=\"simplefavorite-button preset\" data-postid=\"450263\" data-siteid=\"1\" data-groupid=\"1\" data-favoritecount=\"2\" style=\"\"><i class=\"sf-icon-bookmark\" style=\"\"><\/i>Bookmark<\/button>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>From throwback pixelated video games to science fiction-inspired computer consoles, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lovehulten.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Love Hult\u00e9n<\/a>\u2019s playful sculptures (<a href=\"\/tags\/love-hulten\">previously<\/a>) harken back to the birth of digital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Based in Gothenburg, Sweden, the artist&#8217;s explorations of video games, electronic music, and retrofuturist aesthetics continue to shape playful pieces like &#8220;R-KAID-R,&#8221; a mobile video game complete with a toggle, all of which can be carried like a briefcase.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"1106\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/hulten-9-960x1106.jpg\" alt=\"a sculpture resembling a retro computer or device in a teal hue with wood on the sides, with dials and wires and a row of three sewing machines on the base\" class=\"wp-image-450272\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/hulten-9-960x1106.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/hulten-9-640x737.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/hulten-9-768x885.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/hulten-9-1333x1536.jpg 1333w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/hulten-9-1778x2048.jpg 1778w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/hulten-9.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">&#8220;The Singer&#8221;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>One recent work, &#8220;The Future Fan Stage&#8221; takes a humorous approach to a fantastical fusion of live performance, science, and computers. Commissioned for Gothenburg&#8217;s Way Out West, the screen doubles as a fully functional stage that played live recordings of the headliners &#8220;for what might be the largest yet smallest crowd in history: sperm and eggs getting &#8216;ready to rumble&#8217; in a laboratory,&#8221; Hult\u00e9n says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>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, Hult\u00e9n references <a href=\"https:\/\/medipass.site\/music-and-fertility\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">studies<\/a> demonstrating that music may improve fertilization during the IVF process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hult\u00e9n&#8217;s work will be on view in <a href=\"https:\/\/liljevalchs.se\/en\/kalender\/varsalongen-2025\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Liljevalchs<\/a>\u2019 spring salon <em>V\u00e5rsalong 2025<\/em>, which opens on February 14 in Stockholm. Find more on the artist&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lovehulten.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">website<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"960\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/hulten-7-960x960.jpg\" alt=\"a sculpture resembling a retro computer or console in a bright yellow hue with a silver backing for numerous black buttons and dials\" class=\"wp-image-450270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/hulten-7-960x960.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/hulten-7-640x640.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/hulten-7-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/hulten-7-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/hulten-7-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, 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https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/hulten-4.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">&#8220;The Future Fan Stage&#8221;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"744\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/hulten-3-960x744.jpg\" alt=\"a detail of a sculpture resembling a retro computer or console in white, with a screen holding a bottle with tubing coming out of it and numerous tiny vials\" class=\"wp-image-450266\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/hulten-3-960x744.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/hulten-3-640x496.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/hulten-3-768x595.jpg 768w, 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src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/hulten-8-960x640.jpg\" alt=\"a sculpture resembling a retro computer or device with a hinged closure, shown open with a white surface, a black toggle stick and black buttons, and a small screen with a pixellated game image\" class=\"wp-image-450271\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/hulten-8-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/hulten-8-640x427.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/hulten-8-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/hulten-8-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/hulten-8.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">&#8220;R-KAID-R&#8221;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"960\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/hulten-5-960x960.jpg\" alt=\"a detail of a sculpture resembling a retro computer or console in a bright yellow hue with a silver backing for numerous black buttons and dials, shown with a hand adjusting a knob\" class=\"wp-image-450268\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/hulten-5-960x960.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/hulten-5-640x640.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/hulten-5-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/hulten-5-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/hulten-5-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/hulten-5.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Detail of &#8220;Leto&#8221;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"1106\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/hulten-10-960x1106.jpg\" alt=\"a sculpture resembling a retro computer or device in a teal hue with wood on the sides, with dials and wires and a row of three sewing machines on the base\" class=\"wp-image-450273\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/hulten-10-960x1106.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/hulten-10-640x737.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/hulten-10-768x885.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/hulten-10-1333x1536.jpg 1333w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/hulten-10-1778x2048.jpg 1778w, 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