Close Watch was originally commissioned and produced by Frame Contemporary Art Finland for the Pavilion of Finland at the 59th International Art Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia, in collaboration with Saastamoinen Foundation. The exhibition was accompanied by a book published by Mousse Publishing. This website has been commissioned by Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst as part of their exhibition in 2023.

Video installation
Curator
Christina Li
Installation design
Studio L A
Director of Photography
Katharina Dießner
Editor
Elisa Purfürst
Project Consultant
Stine Marie Jacobsen
Workshop Development
Pilvi Takala, Annukka Valo
Workshop Anti-Racism Consultant
Susheela Daniel
Workshop facilitators
Reeta Annala, Annukka Valo
Actors
Reeta Annala, Mika Kiviniemi, Aleksi Lankinen
Participants
Teppo Koskinen, Jere Rantala, Taha Sabbane, Jonna Välimäki
Line Producers
Danai Anagnostou, Elina Kukkonen, Iona Roisin
Production Assistant
Mikael Saukko
Set Designer
Julia Jäntti
Audio Engineer
Rasmus Pietilä, Sergei Talja
Make-up
Sara Kilpeläinen
Gaffer
Santeri Siirtonen
Electricians
Jaana Viertola, Joonas Vohlakari
Translation
Aino Aksenja, Aleksi Mörttinen / Saga Vera, Iona Roisin
Animation
Jordana Maurer, Giorgio Poloni
Colourist
Moonrocketfilms
Sound Editing
Christian Obermeier
Retouching
Gunar Meinhold
Post-Production Assistant
Amelie Befeldt, Paris Helene Furst
Mastering
Stefan Gohlke / Concept AV

Beta Viewers
Gilad Baram, Joni Barnard, Minna Henriksson, Reetta Huhtanen, Matida Jammeh, Lindiwe Matshikiza, Anthea Moys, Mire Mroué, Ahmed Al-Nawas, Melisa Salazar, Nastaran Tajeri-Foumani

Thanks to
Hanna Arvela, Joni Barnard, Vanessa Carlos, Taru Elfving, Satu Herrala, Kari Holmström, Suvi Keskinen, Timo Korander, Hille Koskela, Jarmo Mikkonen, Marc Mori, Minna Partanen, Ana Patel, Maria Pulli, Hans Rosenström, Otto Tiuri, Sara Vallioja, Ellen Wettmark and those who wish to remain anonymous

Special thanks to Securitas.
Publication
Texts and Images
Pilvi Takala, Christina Li
Editor
Christina Li
Copy Editor
Janine Armin
Design
Vela Arbutina
Translations
Simo Vassinen
Transcription
Spoken
Editorial Assistants
Jessie Bullivant, Paris Helene Furst, Iona Roisin
Printer
Grafiche Veneziane
Publisher
Frame Contemporary Art Finland in collaboration with Mousse Publishing, Milan
Website
Design
Vela Arbutina
Web development
Maxwell Simmer
Content and editing
Pilvi Takala, Michael Birchall, Joel Spiegelberg
Copy Editor
Melissa Larner

Exhibitions
Pavilion of Finland at the 59th International Art Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia, 23 April – 27 November 2022
EMMA Espoo Museum of Modern Art, 1 February – 7 May 2023
Goldsmiths Center for Contemporary Art, London, 19 March – 4 June 2023
Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Zurich, 10 June – 17 September 2023

Public Program
Goldsmiths Center for Contemporary Art, produced a public programme to accompany their exhibition On Discomfort, which included the work Close Watch. This was curated by Natasha Hoare.

Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst has commissioned an expansive public programme addressing the complex themes that are raised in Close Watch on the occasion of their exhibition of the work. Concept and realisation by Michael Birchall, Tasnim Baghdadi, Cynthia Gavranic, and Joel Spiegelberg.