Real Snow White
Pilvi Takala
The absurd logic and extreme discipline of Disneyland become apparent when a real fan of Disney’s Snow White is banned from entering the park in her costume. As visitors are encouraged to dress up and a lot of costume-like merchandise is sold at the park, the full costumes are only sold for children. The Disney slogan ›Dreams Come True‹ means dreams produced exclusively by Disney. Anything even slightly out of control evokes fear of real and possibly dark dreams coming true.
Film Series Fake Space
Pilvi Takala
Pilvi Takala (born in 1981) lives and works between Berlin and Helsinki. Her video works are based on performative interventions in which she shows 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, Manifesta 11, 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.
Films by Pilvi Takala (Selection)
The Stroker 2019 | Drive with Care 2014 | The Committee 2014 | Broad Sense 2012 | Players 2010 | The Angels 2008 | The Announcer 2007 | Easy Rider 2006