SOS (2021)
SOS (2021) was presented as part of “This End the Sun,” on view at the New Museum from June 30–October 3, 2021. Strafer’s SOS (2021) interweaves fantastical scenes with the artist’s autobiography to address themes of human cruelty, power, and futility. The work cycles through scenes of night and day, with dolls as protagonists: a girl seemingly stranded on a snowy beach, an elderly man on a medical stretcher, and two EMTs who attend to him. Strafer employs strategies of doubling, interchangeability, and scale shifts, with large hands occasionally swooping down to animate, caress, and bathe the dolls—perhaps in acts of care and/or control. (New Museum)
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Phoebe Osborne as Voice |
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Carlyn C as Voice |
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Katie O as Voice |
| Sound | Lazar Bozic | Music |
| Editing | Alex Zandi | Colorist |
| Visual Effects | Jessica Wilson | Animation |
| Sound | Aron Sanchez | Sound Mixer |
| Art | Chloe Cerabona | Art Direction |
| Directing | Zacry Spears | Co-Director |
| Directing | Carl Knight | Co-Director |
| Camera | Larry Bovik | Camera Operator |
| Directing | Jordan Strafer | Co-Director |