Lynn Hershman Leeson Agent Ruby 1998-present Artificial Intelligence The interactive, multiuser work Agent Ruby is an expanded cinema part of Hershman Leeson’s film Teknolust. The work consists of an artificially intelligent Web agent with a female persona and a...
Lynn Hershman Leeson Cyborg Series: Selected Images 1996-2006 Photography In a series of images portraying cybernetic organisms or “cyborgs,” mechanical elements, identity numbers, and technological symbols are superimposed on the faces of women, making them into...
Lynn Hershman Leeson The Dollie Clones 1995, 1996 Net Works The Dollie Clones are two telerobotic dolls: Tille, The Telerobotic Doll and CybeRoberta. Both dolls’ eyes have been replaced with cameras: a video camera in the left eye, a web cam in the right...
Lynn Hershman Leeson Room of One’s Own 1993 Interactive/Installation Hershman Leeson based Room of One’s Own on Thomas Edison’s kinetograph, a device that displayed film loops through a peephole. In this interactive installation, the spectator can...
Lynn Hershman Leeson America’s Finest 1990-94 Interactive/Installation Looking through the viewfinder of a weapon associated with US involvement in the Korean, Vietnam, and Gulf wars, the spectator sees video footage of atrocity and war. When the trigger is...
