Sofia Häyhtiö

B. 1969 in Stockholm. Lives in Stockholm, works in different parts of Sweden and the world.

School of Fine Arts, MFA, Umeå 2000-2005.

2004-2005 KKH-Arkitektskolan, “Contested Space” (urban rules of the game).

First sound work: Largen – being and time 1998.

Largen – being and time

Carrying the exact volume of my body in a backpack on a walk in winter on lake Largen, I used the rhythm of walking and sound of breathing to correspond through time and place. A valve on the sbackpack was connected to a mechanism controlled by my respiration; my respiration used the content of the backpack to map my presence.

During the last years I have worked with the interplay and interconnection between the subject and the collective.

2001-2006

Collaborator and member of the committee in Konstakuten

Konstakuten (The Art Emergency Room) is a melting pot for young cultural projects and exhibitions which create a platform for art alongside the established commercial galleries in Stockholm.

2003 >

Filming and research on contemporary Kwaito music and its roots, and rap in Mozambique and South Africa in collaboration with local artists.

2004 >

The network Ingen människa är Illegal (No person is illegal)

The network works with both public opinion and practically for more humane refugee politics. We organize ourselves outside of the parliament and strive to avoid hierarchy within the network and make decisions and act without representation.

2005 >

COMMUNITY GARDENS - on Industrial Ground in Malmö

- A project by the group "Markaktiv" (Groundactive), Sweden

2005/2006

NYA VYER – a postcard project in collaboration with Camilla Palm and Stina Lundin, the district council in Vantör, citizens of Vantör and Konstakutens travelling art-hall. During the summer and autumn 2006 the project NYA VYER is taking place within 4 district councils in Malmö, South of Sweden.

2006 >: DIRECT – a project concerned with the city, culture and commercial enterprise. The project is being realized in a number of places in greater Stockholm and other parts of Sweden: both in the suburbs and in the city proper. Public project offices have been opened there in dialog with the citizens, the locations and local politics.

Links:

www.konstakuten.se

www.vykort.blog.com

www.ingenillegal.org

www.stockholmdirect.se