Lynn Hershman Leeson
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The following is an archive of written works related to Lynn Hershman Leeson’s career, important exhibitions, and Civic Radar, the most comprehensive exhibition and catalogue of her work to date. It also includes a selection of essays that expose the philosophical underpinnings of Hershman Leeson’s work, written by the artist herself. Text from earlier in the artist’s career is being added over time.
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By Ben Luke in The Art Newspaper
"The cyborg is an example of another key element of Alemani’s thesis: the hybrid body, whether that be human-animal, human-plant or, in this case, human-machine. Hershman Leeson is characteristically knowing and critical."
"The cyborg is an example of another key element of Alemani’s thesis: the hybrid body, whether that be human-animal, human-plant or, in this case, human-machine. Hershman Leeson is characteristically knowing and critical."
The Stuff of Dreams: Cecilia Alemani Delivers a Perfectly Judged Biennale
By Kate Brown and Naomi Rea in Artnet
"Another one to look out for is the legendary new media art pioneer Lynn Hershman Leeson, who made what is regarded by some as the first ever media work in 1966, by incorporating sound into her work."
"Another one to look out for is the legendary new media art pioneer Lynn Hershman Leeson, who made what is regarded by some as the first ever media work in 1966, by incorporating sound into her work."
3 Themes to Expect in Cecilia Alemani’s Venice Biennale Exhibition, From Ghostly Apparitions to Indigenous Perspectives
By Tony Bravo in SF Chronicle
"In 1972, San Francisco artist Lynn Hershman Leeson inadvertently caused an entire showcase of female artists to shut down. The exhibition was at the Berkeley Art Museum (now the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive), and the ...
"In 1972, San Francisco artist Lynn Hershman Leeson inadvertently caused an entire showcase of female artists to shut down. The exhibition was at the Berkeley Art Museum (now the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive), and the ...
At 80, S.F. Artist Celebrated by Industry That Once Shunned Her
By Robin Pogrebin in The New York Times
"A new video by the media artist and filmmaker Lynn Hershman Leeson explores the birth of artificial organisms, while the Korean artist Geumhyung Jeong conjures robotic bodies that can be reassembled."
"A new video by the media artist and filmmaker Lynn Hershman Leeson explores the birth of artificial organisms, while the Korean artist Geumhyung Jeong conjures robotic bodies that can be reassembled."
A Venice Biennale Informed by the Pandemic Will Spotlight Women
Published in Bordercrossings
"In her life so far, the San Francisco-based artist Lynn Hershman Leeson has lived the lives of many women. If, in addition to making films, a film were to be made about her, it could take a clue from the 1957 drama The Three Faces of Eve."
"In her life so far, the San Francisco-based artist Lynn Hershman Leeson has lived the lives of many women. If, in addition to making films, a film were to be made about her, it could take a clue from the 1957 drama The Three Faces of Eve."
Found Everything: An Interview with Lynn Hershman Leeson
By Naomi Rea in Artnet
"Artist Lynn Hershman Leeson was working nearly concurrently with Wallace on her own chatbot as part of an artistic project commissioned by SFMOMA in 1998. Leeson had made a film called Teknolust, which involved a cyborg character..."
"Artist Lynn Hershman Leeson was working nearly concurrently with Wallace on her own chatbot as part of an artistic project commissioned by SFMOMA in 1998. Leeson had made a film called Teknolust, which involved a cyborg character..."
How Did A.I. Art Evolve? Here’s a 5,000 – Year Timeline of Artists Employing Artificial Intelligence, From the Ancient Inca to Modern-day GANs
Published in Geijutsu Shincho Magazine
Text in Japanese
Text in Japanese
Review of Twisted at New Museum
In Mousse Magazine
"For over fifty years, Lynn Hershman Leeson (b. 1941, Cleveland, OH) has created an innovative and prescient body of work that mines the intersections between technology and the self."
"For over fifty years, Lynn Hershman Leeson (b. 1941, Cleveland, OH) has created an innovative and prescient body of work that mines the intersections between technology and the self."
Lynn Hershman Leeson “Twisted” at New Museum, New York
By Paula Burleigh in ArtForum
"But this recognition of interconnectedness extends beyond technology. “Twisted” could equally evoke helical relationships between bodies and environments, reality and fiction. Her most prescient contribution to contemporary art has ...
"But this recognition of interconnectedness extends beyond technology. “Twisted” could equally evoke helical relationships between bodies and environments, reality and fiction. Her most prescient contribution to contemporary art has ...
Twisted Sister
By John Haber in Haber Arts
"Lynn Hershman Leeson has spent a lifetime playing others. Can she have found at last her true self?"
"Lynn Hershman Leeson has spent a lifetime playing others. Can she have found at last her true self?"
Playing Oneself
In Flash Art
"This panel discussion will explore recent developments and artistic collaborations within the field of synthetic biology. In conjunction with her solo exhibition “Twisted,” now on view at the New Museum, artist Lynn Hershman Leeson will join her ...
"This panel discussion will explore recent developments and artistic collaborations within the field of synthetic biology. In conjunction with her solo exhibition “Twisted,” now on view at the New Museum, artist Lynn Hershman Leeson will join her ...
Bioethics and World-Making: Creativity in Synthetic Biology, a panel discussion hosted by New Museum
By Genevieve Kyle in Mission Magazine
"Artist Lynn Hershman Leeson explores society’s relationship with technology in her new exhibit, Twisted. The exhibition features evolving cyborgs, wax-cast breathing machines, and the reincarnation of her famed 1973 project, ...
"Artist Lynn Hershman Leeson explores society’s relationship with technology in her new exhibit, Twisted. The exhibition features evolving cyborgs, wax-cast breathing machines, and the reincarnation of her famed 1973 project, ...