Art, Technology & the Modern Era: An Interview With Lynn Hershman Leeson

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“I do not see risks ever,” said Lynn Hershman Leeson. “I only see opportunities and the implications of not taking them, and the need for courage and vision.” Over the last four decades, artist and filmmaker Lynn Hershman Leeson has been internationally acclaimed for her boundary-less art and films. Among the most significant media artists in contemporary times, Hershman Leeson is broadly recognized for her pioneering projects exploring the relationship between humans and technology, identity, surveillance, and the use of media as empowerment against censorship and repression.”