Lynn Hershman Leeson

Logic Paralyzes the Heart

2022

A film and installation featuring Joan Chen as a 65 year old cyborg who explains the history of Artificial Intelligence and its relationship to warfare. The script was written by ChatGPT3 in collaboration with Hershman Leeson.

As Evan Moffitt wrote for Eyebeam in 2023, “Its utopian language, which predicts a future of peaceful collaboration and connectivity, recalls the marketing tactics of tech moguls in the 2010s, before companies like Meta were accused of eroding democracy and fomenting genocide.” read more ↗

Winner of a special Jury prize at the 2022 Venice Biennale.

Breathing Machine - 1967

Still from Logic Paralyzes the Heart.

Breathing Machine - 1967

Behind the scenes production image by Pamela Gentile.

Breathing Machine - 1967

Logic Paralyzes the Heart at the 59th international art exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia in 2022. Photo by Andrea Rossetti.

Breathing Machine - 1967

Logic Paralyzes the Heart at the 59th international art exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia in 2022. Photo by Andrea Rossetti.