Lynn Hershman-Leeson Movies

  • 1989
    Longshot

    Longshot

    Longshot

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    Fact and fiction blur in this faux documentary about a lost woman, Lian, who is searching for her own identity. Lian is manipulated by Dennis, a...

    Longshot
  • 2007
    Life Squared

    Life Squared

    Life Squared

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    This project uses mixed reality convergence through which users can participate in some of the digital existing archive of Lynn Hershman Leeson, now...

    Life Squared
  • 2017
    VertiGhost

    VertiGhost

    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...

    VertiGhost
  • 1990
    Desire Inc.

    Desire Inc.

    Desire Inc.

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    Four "seduction ads" placed on cable TV stations invite unexpected responses. This short film is about fantasy and desire in a mediated world.

    Desire Inc.
  • 2023
    Immortality

    Immortality

    Immortality

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    Written and performed by a Cyborg – a GPT-3 Chatbot, considers how to transform human discrimination and technological weapons into tools of...

    Immortality
  • 1979
    Test Patterns

    Test Patterns

    Test Patterns

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    In this “factional docudrama,” a “test pattern man” personifies television media. When an interviewer asks him about his...

    Test Patterns
  • 1978
    Commercial for Myself

    Commercial for Myself

    Commercial for Myself

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    This short “portrait” of the artist was screened on public television.

    Commercial for Myself
  • 1986
    Confessions of a Chameleon

    Confessions of a Chameleon

    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,...

    Confessions of a Chameleon