Lynn Hershman Leeson has worked for decades across performance, film, interactive technology and artificial intelligence to explore identity, surveillance, gender and the social consequences of technology. Her alter ego Roberta Breitmore became a landmark work of extended identity performance.
Film; photography; interactive media; installation
Artist Films
Lynn Hershman Leeson in "San Francisco Bay Area" Season 9 "Art in the Twenty-First Century" | Art21
Art2114 minOfficial source ↗ (opens in a new window)
Lynn Hershman Leeson: Drawing Breath | Art21 "Extended Play"
Dreamlands: Lynn Hershman Leeson on Creating an Ideology for the Future
Whitney Museum of American ArtOfficial source ↗ (opens in a new window)
Major Works
- 1973–78Roberta Breitmore
- 1984–96The Electronic Diaries
- 1979–84LORNA
- 1989–90Deep Contact
- 2002Teknolust
- 1997Conceiving Ada
- 1998–2002Agent Ruby
- 2010!Women Art Revolution
- 2014Infinity Engine
- 2018–21Shadow Stalker
Interviews & Writing
- Museum-quality video search →RESEARCH QUEUEvideo
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