Sofia Niazi
Sofia Niazi
‘Get Climbing’ (2019) Hand tufted, Poundland wool on rug backing fabric. Dimensions: 130x170
This rug was originally featured in a living room installation exploring the visual culture of the housing market (Unreal Estates, 2019). The text is the tagline of a popular property website, which sees an average of 1.4bn views a month (2017, Google Analytics). As property prices in the UK make the prospect of home ownership unattainable for most, the work explores our imaginative migration to dwelling in images of property. Are people forced into images or do they provide us with something that a real space can't, a safe space which is debt-free.