The Stroker is a two-channel video installation based on Takala’s intervention at Second Home, a trendy East London coworking space for young entrepreneurs and startups.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. Nina strolled around Second Home being friendly to everyone, greeting and lightly touching people as she passed them by. It gets the office talking, workers gossip amongst themselves, visibly bonding over a common confusion – she was nicknamed ‘The Stroker’.
In the clear-walled, open-thinking space of The Stroker, we witness a physical negotiation of boundaries where there seemingly are none. 15:16 / two-channel video installation / 2K