Salla Tykkä

Salla Tykkä lives and works in Helsinki, Finland. She completed her MFA at the Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki, from 1995 to 2003. During her studies, she focused on photography and moving image as her main mediums. In her video and film works, Tykkä has utilized different formal strategies, ranging from short fiction to experimental feature-length documentaries. Her practice is rooted in the female experience, particularly in the act of looking, being seen, and seeing. By disassembling, reframing, and rethinking images, Tykkä reveals their connections to the political and structural power often hidden in everyday visual narratives. She is interested in how the emotional, fragile, and personal aspects of creative processes can fuel a political and critical stance in life and work.

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