A Robot of One's Own

A Robot of One’s Own is a short film that is both sensitive and striking, thoughtfully examining our relationship with technology and the gender stereotypes associated with it. Through a satirical mash-up of archival footage, Anne Gabrielle Lebrun Harpin highlights the intertwining of the domestic sphere—traditionally feminine—with the commercial logic of technological innovations. Loosely inspired by Virginia Woolf’s A Room of One’s Own, this short film explores how women’s emancipation also involves a reconfiguration of their relationship with technical objects. This ironically charged montage reveals power dynamics, forms of isolation, and alienation that emerge within these contexts. In about ten minutes, the filmmaker opens a reflection that is both rich and nuanced on contemporary representations of technological progress, without ever resorting to a moralizing discourse.

Julia Minne
Programmer