Jordan Strafer: Decadence

Jordan Strafer is an artist based in Brooklyn, New York, whose primary medium is video. Her practice revolves around stories of herself and her family, while also relating obliquely to questions of racial identity, gender, sexuality, class, and “Americanism".  Situations that often seem absurd redirect the focus from the plot to our own way of seeing and—through their clearly staged and alienated form—allow a critical stance towards a society defined by questionable moral ideas.  

Referencing the genre of erotic thrillers and televised court cases, LOOPHOLE (2023) and DECADENCE (2024) are the first two chapters of a planned film trilogy set against the backdrop of a fictionalized high-profile rape trial in 1990s-era Florida. LOOPHOLE focuses on the speculative romantic affair between the lead defense attorney and a juror during the trial. DECADENCE, a new chapter commissioned specifically for the exhibition, is elliptical as it incorporates events from the night of the alleged rape, and the celebration after the acquittal.  

Curated by Myriam Ben Salah.

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