Whirring machines: cybernetics and the pre/histories of automata

Abstract

To celebrate the first work by Wolfson to enter an Australian collection the National Gallery presents Body Sculpture: Jordan Wolfson.

The publication explores robust ideas, facilitates discussions and unfolds unique perspectives, positioning the work within diverse contexts, including art history, cybernetics and media theory.

Featuring texts by Wolfson’s principal collaborator, Mark Setrakian; Richard Taylor of Wētā Workshop; Russell Storer, Head of International Art at the National Gallery; Russell Ferguson, a curator, writer and longtime observer of Wolfson’s work; Genevieve Bell and Andrew Meares, from the ANU School of Cybernetics; and artist Anne Imhof.

Edited by Russell Storer, Head of International Art, National Gallery of Australia. Show more