Implicated

Heidi Kilpeläinen’s video ‘Implicated’ comments on the social ills and inequality of our time. Through her art Kilpeläinen wants to raise various social questions related to the market economy and neoliberal economic policy as well as our current culture of consumption. She also defends fiercely an individual’s freedom of speech and decision-making as well as the right to privacy.
Personal feelings meet global rafts of problems in Kilpeläinen’s expressive and thought-provoking piece. The anxiety caused by the economic situation, refugee crisis, the Islamic terrorism shaking Europe and genetically modified food spread by multinational companies are all topics expressed through a performance of frustration.
The sounds of the video images with different paces form a rhythmic composition including the highlight of an ‘instrumental solo section’, a performance of raging, that brings the frustration to the audience almost as a physical experience. Kilpeläinen’s background as a musician, performer and a singer is conveyed through the rhythmic soundscape of this video.