In our latest “From Page to Screen” video, where we take a closer look at the studios and processes of artists previously featured in the print issues of Hi-Fructose, we go inside the Oakland studio of Scott Hove (Hi-Fructose Collected 3). Better known as Cakeland, Hove’s studio is a surreal space where Hove works among the site-specific installations that make his studio a veritable pastel-hued dream world with a sinister twist. In the video, Hove discusses the morbid aspects of his sculptural work, like the guns, fangs and bones that appear among the cherries and frosting, and his views on the cyclical nature of life. Watch the video and check out some photos from Cakeland after the jump.

Last Thursday, Scott Hove opened his solo show “Guns & Ecstasy” at San Francisco’s Spoke Art, unveiling a mesmerizing installation that transports the viewer into an mystical, confectionary world that loops into infinity. When the viewer steps into the large, powder-blue wooden box and closes the door, he or she is immersed in decadent cake architecture reflected in a series of angled mirrors. The dizzying effect is only amplified by a shiny disco ball spinning on the ceiling and the lush, fake roses lining the walls. Always testing our instincts for distinguishing real from artificial, Hove seeks to give his viewers a surreal, fairytale experience that overloads the senses. Read more after the jump!