Feeling Defensive (Part 1)
Takala Pilvi
Feeling Defensive emerged from Takala’s experience attending the National Defence Course – an invite-only training organised by the Finnish military to rally support for national defence and foster preparedness for crises and war. Based on a conversation with a fellow course participant, political scientist Johanna Vuorelma, the work observes how the course is designed to influence not only its participants but also the society beyond its immediate scope.
Production Year
2025
Duration
00:15:50
Tyyppi
Asiasana
archival materials, armies, camps, defensive forces, documentary films, essays, group behaviour, group dynamics, infiltration (covert operations), interviews, media art, militarism, nationalism, politics, research, social behaviour, society, undercover operations, violence (activity), wars, weapons
Original Title
Feeling Defensive (Part 1)
Finnish Title
Puolustuskannalla (Osa 1)
English Title
Feeling Defensive (Part 1)
Production Countries
Finland
Dialogue
Yes
Sound
Yes
Cast
Pilvi Takala (Author), Katharina Diessner (Cinematographer), Pilvi Takala (Director), Pilvi Takala (Editor), Pilvi Takala (Producer), Pilvi Takala (Script), Pinja Mustajoki (Sound Design), Johanna Vuorelma (Actor), Pilvi Takala (Actor), Olga ja Vilho Linnamon säätiö (Funder), Meduza (Funder)
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Pilvi Takala (b. 1981) lives and works between Berlin and Helsinki. Her video works are based on performative interventions in which she researches specific communities in order to process social structures and question the normative rules and truths of our behaviour in different contexts. Her works show that it is often possible to learn about the implicit rules of a social situation only by its disruption. Her work has been shown in MoMA PS1 and New Museum, Kiasma, Palais de Tokyo, Kunsthalle Basel, Manifesta 11, Witte de With, and the 9th Istanbul Biennial. Takala won the Dutch Prix de Rome in 2011 and the Emdash Award and Finnish State Prize for Visual Arts in 2013.
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