Jaakko Pietiläinen

Jaakko Pietiläinen’s (b. 1986) work includes videos, sculptures, installations, performances and scenographies in which he studies porous matters such as time, memory, power and the body. Pietiläinen’s works are often site and/or situation specific, operating in an interplay of the factual (or the real) and fictional narratives. A recurring interest in his work is capitalist technology and its subliminal effects on language, knowledge and perception. Pietiläinen is based in Helsinki, Finland. He has graduated from The Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki. He also holds two BA degrees from Aalto University Finland.