Lynn Hershman-Leeson Movies
- 2022
Logic Paralyzes the Heart
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Presents the story of the first cyborg, portrayed by actress Joan Chen. Now 61 years old, the actress details the history of cyborgian technology,...
- 1992
Shooting Script: A Transatlantic Love Story
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"Not only about the cultural differences between America and Denmark, but also about the loss of identity as a result of the ubiquitous surveillance...
- 2017
VertiGhost
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VertiGhost, a newly commissioned work by Lynn Hershman Leeson for the Fine Arts Museums, draws the viewer into a meditation about notions of...
- 1979
Test Patterns
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In this “factional docudrama,” a “test pattern man” personifies television media. When an interviewer asks him about his...
- 1978
Lynn Turning into Roberta
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This short film documents the transformation of Hershman Leeson into her performance persona, Roberta Breitmore.
- 1978
Commercial for Myself
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This short “portrait” of the artist was screened on public television.
- 1987
Binge
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Binge turns on confession and self-image, using obesity as the main course. Losing her familiar shape to overeating, Lynn Hershman occupies...
- 1986
Confessions of a Chameleon
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In Lynn Hershman’s Confessions of a Chameleon the artist shares intimate but highly suspect stories about her past. To cover her tracks,...