The Stroker

Takala Pilvi

The Stroker is based on Takala’s two week-long intervention at Second Home, a trendy East London coworking space for young entrepreneurs and startups. During the intervention Takala posed as a wellness consultant named Nina Nieminen, the founder of cutting-edge company Personnel Touch who were allegedly employed by Second Home to provide touching services in the workplace.

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Production Year

2019

Duration

00:15:00

Type

Single channel

Genre

documentary, experimental

Tags

performance (art forms), social stigma, touch, work

Original Title

The Stroker

English Title

The Stroker

Production Countries

Finland,United Kingdom

Dialogue

Yes

Sound

Yes

Cast

Pilvi Takala (Author), Katharina Dießner (Cinematographer), Pilvi Takala (Director), Elisa Purfürst (Editor), Pilvi Takala (Producer), Iona Roisin (Producer), Pilvi Takala (Script), Iona Roisin (Script), Iona Roisin (Actor), Matthew Moorhouse (Actor), Hais Hassan (Actor), Emma Waltraud Howes (Actor), Donna Celay (Actor), Manos Koutsis (Actor), Patricia Mories (Actor), Laura Hemming-Lowe (Actor), Emma Waltraud Howes (Choreographer), AVEK - The Promotion Centre for Audiovisual Culture (Funder), TAIKE (Funder), Finnish Institute in London (Funder), Second Home (Funder), Kone Foundation (Funder), Amelie Befeldt (Production Assistant), Luke David Harris (Sound), Karl Laeufer (Sound), Christian Obermaier (Sound Design)

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