Jordan Wolfson - Female Figure - The Artist’s Studio - MOCAtv

In the fall of 2013, artist Jordan Wolfson moved to Los Angeles to work with a special effects studio on “(Female figure),“ an animatronic sculpture that takes the form of an attractive woman, dancing provocatively in the uncanny valley. Dressed in a negligee and bearing scuffs and dirt marks, what Wolfson calls “the dancer“ shimmies and gyrates to a pop music soundtrack. Through advanced facial recognition technology, she locks eyes on the viewers behind her, watching them through a mirror to which she is permanently fixed. Her physical presence is in dialogue with the voice of Wolfson, which emanates from her lips between songs, disclosing the secrets of a male identity. According to the New York-based artist, the sculpture is less about the contemporary woman than the contemporary experience of being looked at—and the violence of that objectification. M Blash -- Director, Editor Sebastian Wintero -- Cinematography Jessica Brunetto -- Editor Matthew J.X. Doyle -- Location Sound Special thanks to Mark Setrakian Spectral Motion Aaron Hartnett M Blash Jordan Wolfson David Zwirner Gallery Sue Yeon Ahn