Conversations | Artist Talk: Lynn Hershman Leeson

Coinciding with Lynn Hershman Leeson’s first solo show in Switzerland at House of Electronic Arts Basel, this conversation takes on the artist's long-term work and obsessions of biological progress, developments in artificial intelligence and scientific research on antibodies. Working since the 1970’s, her practice investigates issues of identity, gender-role, the double bind of voyeurism and surveillance, as well as what it means to be human in an increasingly cyber world. Hershman Leeson’s internet-based projects include CyberRoberta (1996), a robotic doll version of Roberta Breitmore whose eyes were replaced with webcams.
Lynn Hershman Leeson, Artist, San Francisco; Sabine Himmelsbach, Director, House of Electronic Arts, Basel
Moderator: Dr. Maxa Zoller, Curator of Art Basel's Film Sector, Cairo
Friday, June 15, 2018, 3pm - 4pm
Filmed on site at Art Basel in Basel 2018.