Ingel Vaikla is a visual artist and filmmaker based between Tallinn and Brussels. In 2018–2019, Vaikla attended the postgraduate residency programme HISK in Ghent and in July 2021 she was an artist in residency at Wiels Contemporary Art Centre. She is currently conducting a practice-based PhD in Audiovisual and Visual Arts at PXL-MAD / UHasselt. Vaikla’s artistic research focuses on the relationship between architecture and its users, and the representation of architecture in photography, video, and film. Her works have been screened internationally at film festivals and art institutions such as EKKM in Tallinn, IDFA in Amsterdam, Kunsthalle Wien in Vienna, Beursschouwburg in Brussels, Manifesta 13 in Marseille, EMAF in Osnabrück, Videonale in Bonn, etc. Ingel was part of the team representing Estonia at the 2012 Venice Architecture Biennale. Vaikla has also curated experimental film programmes for International Interior Architecture Symposium SISU, Tallinn Photomonth Contemporary Art Biennial, Narva Art Residency, and for Architecture Film Festival Brussels.