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Acknowledgments

209 When I think of the time, care, and help that has been given to this book project, words are inadequate to convey my gratitude. So I will simply say thank you, Lynn Hershman, for your work. Thank you, Moira Roth, for instigating my involvement in this project. Thank you, contributors, for your texts, and thank you, Kyle Stephan, for your comments. Thank you, Stephanie Fay and colleagues at the University of California Press for making the book happen . And thank you to my husband, Anwyl McDonald, and to my parents, Gene and Evelyn Tromble, for your love and support. —MEREDITH TROMBLE I am immensely grateful to the many collaborators who, one by one, drove the extra distance it took on the wild and exuberant ride toward the completion of this book. It has been a privilege to work with each of the uniquely informed, sensitive, and witty contributors: Steve Dietz, Howard N. Fox, Jean Gagnon, Robin Held, David E. James, Amelia Jones, Marsha Kinder, Glenn Kurtz, B. Ruby Rich, and Abigail Solomon-Godeau, as well as the DVD participants ,RyszardKluszczynski,MargaretMorse,theestateof PierreRestany, ArturoSchwarz, and Siegfried Zielinski. Stephanie Fay guided the journey with maturity and sustained encouragement. The expertise of her esteemed colleagues at the University of California Press, Erin Marietta, Sue Heinemann, Nola Burger, and Jennifer Knox White, brought clarity and depth to the manuscript. Meredith Tromble was gentle yet relentless in her dedication. Heather Cummins helped enormously to complete the many detailed underpinnings. Robin Held’s resolve, perseverance, and inspired vision were fundamental to the retrospective , as was the support from the entire Henry Art Gallery team, Director Richard Andrews , Paul Cabarga, Sallie-Jo Wall, and Karen Bangsund, whose expertise and insight made ACKNOWLEDGMENTS workingonthisexhibitionapleasure.Theinstallationteamof ColinKlingman,PalleHenckel, and Matt Heckert was precise and elegant in its endeavors. Kyle Stephan unleashed a surge of irrepressible energy, focus, and insight to the framework of the book and the design and production of the DVD. Valerie George, Michael Lazar, Scott Mahoy, and Starr Sutherland were the DVD’s dynamic dream team. Over the years, my friends and family tirelessly listened, read, cajoled, made me laugh at myself, and ultimately, caused me to feel like a capital I. A capital thank you to Paule Anglim , Eleanor Coppola, Leonard Cuenoud, Char Davies, Ed Gilbert, Susan Grode, Donald andUrsulaHess,RobertKochand AdaTakahashi,SuzanneLacy,theLeesonfamily,theLester family, Roger Malina, Sheldon Renan, Moira Roth, Steve Sacks, Steve Seid, Kristine Stiles, Tilda Swinton, and the University of California, Davis. My husband, George Tellier Leeson, is a rabid and tireless advocate. Dawn Luryn Hershman and her husband, Richard Hankin, as well as their children, my grandchildren, Eli and Noa, are a constant inspiration. Finally, I am deeply grateful to the many unacknowledged co-conspirators without whose generosity and spirit my projects could not have been realized. —LYNN HERSHMAN I would like to thank the dedicated team of people whose talents brought the DVD to life: Michael Lazar, for his extraordinary production savvy and commitment; Scott Mahoy, for his eclectic and insightful graphic design work; Starr Sutherland, for his clever sense of humor and production advice; Colin Klingman, for his technical assistance with the bot guide; Valerie George, for her ardent enthusiasm and care for the visual materials; and Heather Cummins , for her detailed archival research and permissions assistance. I would also like to thank RyszardKluszczynski,MargaretMorse,JosDeCock-Restanyandtheestateof PierreRestany, Arturo Schwarz, and Siegfried Zielinski, who generously offered critical essays to enhance the content of the DVD. Thank you to the Hess Collection, Stanford University Special Collections, the Theresa Hak Kyung Cha Memorial Foundation, and the University of California, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, for their support and assistance with archival materials and to the many artists and collaborators who graciously granted us permission to reproduce images of their work on the DVD. This project was developed with the support of staff at the University of California Press and the Henry Art Gallery, whose critical insights and thoughtful Acknowledgments 210 Acknowledgments 211 feedback guided the DVD to its final form. Finally, I wish to extend a warm thank you to Lynn Hershman Leeson for her undying sense of adventure and the opportunity to document such an inspiring and challenging body of work. —KYLE STEPHAN The Henry Art Gallery wishes to warmly thank the following people for their contributions to organizing and presenting the exhibition Hershmanlandia: The Art and Films of Lynn Hershman Leeson...