Lynn Hershman Leeson Logic Paralyzes the Heart 2022 Interactive/Installation Film 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...
Lynn Hershman Leeson Shadow Stalker 2018-2021 Interactive/Installation Commissioned by The Shed This work was made possible by funds from The Shed, VIA Art Fund and Hotwire Productions LLC Still from Shadow Stalker featuring January Steward as “The Spirit of...
Lynn Hershman Leeson VertiGhost 2017 Interactive/Installation Lynn Hershman Leeson’s VertiGhost is inspired by and reinterprets Alfred Hitchcock’s film Vertigo (1958), key scenes for which were shot at the Legion of Honor. A multi-part installation about identity and...
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...