Charlie Stein, Unimate in Paris

The work Unimate in Paris (2020) refers to an industrial robot that was made operational by the Ford company in 1961. Made in the shape of a single arm, the robot built and welded components for car bodies. Stein added a female body to the arm to the robot. The young woman in a brown coat is holding a cigarette and looking apathetically past the spectators. By using this feminine identity, the artist counteracts the masculine connotations of the machine.