Pilvi Takala

19 Jul-7 Sep 2019

Overview

The assumed, unspoken and culturally expected codes of conduct of various communities form the starting point of many of Pilvi Takala’s works. Her videos often document the artist performing undercover in character, in a wide-range of everyday scenarios, such as office temping and teaching. In these hyper-normal situations, the artist subtly breaks boundaries of convention, personal space, and productivity, which in turn stimulates surprising and inherently human responses from her unwitting participants. These covert observations of our day to day interactions challenge the systems in which we are placed, and prompt us to consider how we engage and relate with those around us.