Lynn Herhsman Leeson. Civic Radar: Artworks

A woman looks through a with rain blurred window

Introduction to selected works presented at the exhibition »Lynn Hershman Leeson. Civic Radar«.

  • A wax-face with hair in a display case

    Breathing Machines (1966/1967)

    In her early years as an artist, Lynn Hershman Leeson produced sculptural works that illustrate her search for new forms of expression in art. ...

  • Images and a dress on the wall

    Roberta Breitmore (1973–1979)

    After Lynn Hershman Leeson had worked with role reversals and performance elements in numerous pieces, she took the bold step of living under a different identity for five years – in the form of the fictional persona of »Roberta Breitmore«. ...

  • A woman sitting in front of a small TV, next to her a round fishbowl

    Lorna (1979–1984)

    With »Lorna«, Lynn Hershman Leeson created the first work on videodisc in the history of art that enabled user interaction. ....

  • A machine gun on a pedestal

    America's Finest (1990–1994)

    With America’s Finest, Lynn Hershman Leeson developed an interactive media artwork in the early 1990s centering on an M16 rifle. ...

  • Images on a silver wall

    Conceiving Ada (1997)

    »Conceiving Ada« is Lynn Hershman Leeson’s cinematic monument to the historical figure of Augusta Ada Byron King, Countess of Lovelace. The Countess, better known as Ada Lovelace, was a British mathematician and today is considered the writer of the very first computer program. ...

  • On a canvas different characters. Prior to a bed with velvet bedding in red

    Agent Ruby (1998–2002)

    In 2002, Lynn Hershman Leeson presented the online project »Agent Ruby« , a Web application that communicates with its users via chatting, Ruby takes her name from one of the characters in Hershman Leeson’s film »Teknolust« (2002) and as such continues on the series of fictional female characters in the artist’s work. ...

  • three women, each with blond, black and red hair color lie with their heads together on the floor and looking into the camera

    Teknolust (2002)

    In the feature film Teknolust Lynn Hershman Leeson addresses themes such as identity, gender construction, sexual self-determination and the permeability of virtual reality. ...

  • Movie poster hanging on a silver wall

    !Women Art Revolution (2010)

    With the documentary film »W.A.R. Women Art Revolution« Lynn Hershman Leeson creates a monument to all the women who have changed the world of art since the 1960s as artists, curators, and critics. ...

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