The Switch
Takala Pilvi
On a Saturday afternoon two men were asked to switch teahouses for one night. Ömer from Yedikule travelled to Üsküdar while Yavuz from Üsküdar went to Yedikule. Cameras following both the men documented the swap. On their way, they talk about their relationship to their local teahouses, playing, and their experiences in the new teahouse. Even changes to routine which could be perceived as minor, can prompt a detailed reflection and ultimately an appreciation of one's own habits.
Production Year
2005
Duration
00:14:16
Tyyppi
Asiasana
Original Title
The Switch
English Title
The Switch
Production Countries
Finland
Dialogue
Yes
Sound
Yes
Cast
Pilvi Takala (Author), Alev Alikoç (Cinematographer), Ebru Yilmaz (Cinematographer), Metin Akdemir (Cinematographer), Nihan Arisoy (Cinematographer), Pilvi Takala (Director), Pilvi Takala (Producer), Pilvi Takala (Script), Pilvi Takala (Sound Design), Ömer Gürel (Actor), Yavuz Kaya (Actor), Frame Contemporary Art Finland (Funder), Istanbul Biennial (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.
18 works