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Spit Earth: Who Is Jordan Wolfson?

by James Crump
USA 2020, 55′
Presented at Lo schermo dell’arte 2020
Subject: Jordan Wolfson, Jeremey O. Harris, Jeff Koons, Erica Jong, Jeffey Deitch
Editing: Nick Tamburri, James Crump, Ronnie Sassoon
Shooting: James Crump
Producers: Ronnie Sassoon, James Crump
Language: vo: English; sub: Italian
Jordan Wolfson is a controversial artist whose disturbing and provocative works elicit extreme reactions from both his critics and supporters. Starting with Female Figure (2014), in which a robotic, animatronic mechanical life-size sculpture of a woman dances before a mirror, James Crump’s documentary chronicles the young American artist’s career and recent work. Through the use of technologies such as virtual reality, animation and robotic models, Wolfson’s works raise issues that affect contemporary society: homophobia, misogyny, racism, nationalism, anti-Semitism and violence.
Jordan Wolfson is a controversial artist whose disturbing and provocative works elicit extreme reactions from both his critics and supporters. Starting with Female Figure (2014), in which a robotic, animatronic mechanical life-size sculpture of a woman dances before a mirror, James Crump’s documentary chronicles the young American artist’s career and recent work. Through the use of technologies such as virtual reality, animation and robotic models, Wolfson’s works raise issues that affect contemporary society: homophobia, misogyny, racism, nationalism, anti-Semitism and violence.
Selected Filmography
Breuer’s Bohemiae, 2021; Antonio Lopez: Sex Fashion & Disco, 2017; Troublemakers: The Story of Land Art, 2015.