Bonniers Konsthall presents Pilvi Takala. Slight Chance , on view January 17–March 31, 2013.
Pilvi Takala, Players, 2010. Video, 7:50 minutes. Courtesy of Galerie Diana Stigter.
Takala works predominantly with video installations, and her work could be described as interventions in everyday life. By knowingly misinterpreting rules and social codes, Takala’s work creates confusion and challenges social conventions that are so easily taken for granted. Slight Chance is an exhibition that looks at Takala’s work surrounding notions of chance. Often returning to the possibilities of winning, losing or losing the chance of winning, the exploration of our perception of chance is part of her artistic practice. The video Players (2010), for instance, shows six financially independent poker players’ everyday lives and how gambling has become a significant part of their newly rich lifestyles, a modality they even use to decide who’s paying for dinner. Takala’s new installation One in a Million in part invites us to follow a woman who finds herself without a postcode and consequently loses the possibility of playing the national Postcode Lottery, which in turn poses the question: Can one be compensated for the loss of the chance to win?
Pilvi Takala, born 1981 in Helsinki, studied at the Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki. Her work has been shown widely, including Kunsthalle Basel, Berlin Biennale, Istanbul Biennial as well as New Museum’s 2012 Triennial The Ungovernables in New York. She received the Dutch Prix de Rome in 2011 and has taken part in several residency programs such as the Rijksakademie in Amsterdam and the Swedish IASPIS.
Program
January 16 at 6pm
Opening and Artist Talk – Pilvi Takala.
February 13 at 6pm
“Sites and Situations – Talking and Thinking With the Works of Pilvi Takala” Lecture with Mika Hannula, writer, curator and critic.
March 20 at 6pm
“Who is Pilvi Takala?” Talk by Jennifer Allen, editor Frieze Magazine d/e.
Bonniers Konsthall
Torsgatan 19
SE-113 90 Stockholm
Sweden
www.bonnierskonsthall.se