Hawkinson's work is an interactive sculpture made out of polyurethane. It fills an entire exhibition gallery, and it consists of gigantic, contorted figures connected with tubes. The figures move and make music when visitors enter the room. The strange positions of the figures, the linking tubes between them, and their motion-triggered animation suggest to me an understanding of the human body and human physicality that strips the individual of an illusion of pure autonomy. At the same time, the work does not appear eager to present subjectivity as pure puppetry; rather, it seems to be light-hearted celebration of modern means of connection and influence, like the internet.
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