Magic Moments (Technology/Transformation Wonder Woman), 2021, Single Channel Video, 2 minutes 30 seconds

A follow-up to an earlier video titled Magic Moments (Preliminary Materials for a Theory of the Young-Girl), this new work employs the same theme of spinning women that is so often used to advertise clothing and perfumes to a target female audience. But their vertiginous spinning gets them nowhere besides objectified for their youth and beauty, with an insinuated promise of freedom that is a falsehood. In addition to the theme song from Godard’s film, Le Mepris, the video also references Dara Birnbaum’s seminal 1978-79 video Technology/Transformation: Wonder Woman, which featured hijacked clips of Wonder Woman spinning from the popular 1970s tv show.