Ex Machina

Simon played Ex Machina during one of the Film Club sessions and it is a film that reflects very well the construction of femininity.

Ava is the sophisticated and technological approach to the concept of femininity and how she hypnotises the main character with a behave "every man would like from a woman" (at least that's how the director and scriptwriter Alex Garland puts it).

There are differents moments in the film where Caleb (the main character. From the film the main character is supposed to be a woman, but instead she gravitates around the man) watches Ava through a monitor, doing an excercise of scopophilia. For him it's not important that she is a robot... which is important is that she is feminine.

When Ava wears the dress it's a shout of liberty in form of the beauty designed for a man's enjoyment. It is saying to men: this is what a woman should be like, and to women: even robots want to be like that. Your appearance is your real charm.

Important to highlight the languidness of Kyoko, a characteristic that is alive from a long time ago in old paints and has been commented by analysts like John Berger. Unlike Kyoko, Ava is in need of expressing her femininity as the only way to be free.