!Women Art Revolution (2010)
Video, color, sound, 82:50 min
© photo: ZKM/Fidelis Fuchs
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. The film is composed of film clips and interviews that Hershman Leeson collected over a number of decades. Alongside important artists such as Yoko Ono, Yvonne Rainer, and Carolee Schneemann, women in the museum business are also featured.
Beginning with portraits and film clips on the political background, the film tells of the struggle for the recognition of female artists in the second half of the 20th century. The high points of the feminist movement in the art scene are featured in a graphic novel with pictures of Spain Rodriguez. Hershman Leeson also developed an interactive installation to accompany the film. »RAW / WAR« is based on a website with an archive of women artists, to which users are able to contribute pieces.
The online encyclopedia is projected onto the wall in the exhibition space. Visitors can illuminate the pieces using sensor-based flashlights, which transfer their movements onto the Internet site. This allows the project initiated by Hershman Leeson to become a collaborative work whose design is open for participation by all.
Beginning with portraits and film clips on the political background, the film tells of the struggle for the recognition of female artists in the second half of the 20th century. The high points of the feminist movement in the art scene are featured in a graphic novel with pictures of Spain Rodriguez. Hershman Leeson also developed an interactive installation to accompany the film. »RAW / WAR« is based on a website with an archive of women artists, to which users are able to contribute pieces.
The online encyclopedia is projected onto the wall in the exhibition space. Visitors can illuminate the pieces using sensor-based flashlights, which transfer their movements onto the Internet site. This allows the project initiated by Hershman Leeson to become a collaborative work whose design is open for participation by all.