Lynn Hershman Leeson

“Invisibility--there are things we can't see now, that are there, that are embedded, that it really takes time in order to be able to see. There are many ghosts that are lurking around and lingering through us that takes the technology of another generation or so in order to uncover and show what those stains and strains and perceived flaws really we're building towards”

Lynn Hershman was born in Cleveland, Ohio in the 1945 and attend to universities B.S. Case Western Reserve University and M.A. San Francisco State University . She has experienced over three decades now , becoming an Artist and Filmmaker . Most known for her develop of new technologies and investigation of issues that are now key to our working society . For example , your identity in consumerism , privacy in a era of supervision , interfacing of humans and machines and relationship between two worlds virtual and real . One of her most known pieces was her ground breaking documentary !Women Art Revolution in 2011. In 2004 she was named one of the most influential women in New Media . During 1974 and 1978 Lynn created another name for her slef Roberta Breitmore her alter ego . This was her private Performance Art her alter ego had credit cards an apartment this person was real .

The Body Language of her alter ego while she was in a psychiatric session . Her performance art was taken to the extreme and at that time bringing people aware of the issues women face . When i saw this piece it really caught my attention of how every body movement she made had a significant meaning . Lynn poster shows performance art in action and it's significance to body language .

Roberta's Construction Chart 2 .

In her first Chart she titles the photo " There Are Times When I Can feel Myself Being Trapped" thou the photo is edited and looks like a trapped person . In this Chart we see how Roberta edits the photo by marking her insecurities and wanting to change her appearance . To me this piece is really important towards this project because in the photo she is her alter ego but it seems like that's not enough .

In all these photos that have been edited you get to see how she expresses her self and feels at the moment she did this . You can get a real sense of what she wants you see . To me the fact she went beyond with this project and her films is truly inspiriting . Some people might call her crazy and in need of being in a institute . But a true Artist goes all the way withe there art work . 

Bibliography :

http://www.lynnhershman.com/ , http://www.fondation-langlois.org/html/e/page.php?NumPage=168  ,  http://www.moma.org/collection/artist.php?artist_id=39696