Lynn Hershman Leeson: A History of Her Own

The first reader dedicated to the work of seminal media artist Lynn Hershman Leeson insightfully examines her oeuvre at the nexus of science, modern culture and human existence

Since the 1960s, Ohio-born, San Francisco-based artist Lynn Hershman Leeson (born 1941) has shaped artistic discourses on performance, interactivity, cyborgs, feminism, surveillance, artificial intelligence and biogenetics, paving a path for the generations that followed. A History of Her Own is the first ever collection of essays on the work of this renowned artist and media pioneer, printed in compact paperback form to follow her first solo exhibition in D sseldorf at the Julia Stoschek Foundation, curated by Lisa Long. Across her career, Hershman Leeson has worked with some of the most significant scientists of our time, examined the expectations surrounding women's roles in contemporary society and relationships, and provided platforms and public spaces for artists around her, colliding art, science and gender critique into an impressive and original array of film, performance, technology and multidisciplinary work.