The Art and Films of Lynn Hershman Leeson: Secret Agents, Private I

List of Illustrations

217 PLATES (following page 76) 1. X-Ray Man, 1965 2. The Dante Hotel (detail), 1973–74 3. Roberta’s Construction Chart #2 (Roberta Breitmore series), 1975 4. Roberta Being Trapped (Roberta Breitmore series), 1975 5. Roberta Multiples (Roberta Breitmore series), 1977 6. 25 Windows: A Portrait of Bonwit Teller (detail), 1976 7. Lorna (still), 1983–84 8. Room of One’s Own (still), 1990–93 9. Room of One’s Own (interior view), 1990–93 10. Transfusion (Cyborg series), 1999 11. Blue Angel (Digital Venus series), 1996 12. CybeRoberta, 1995–98 13. Conceiving Ada (still), 1997 14. Conceiving Ada (still), 1997 15. Teknolust (still), 2002 16. Synthia Stock Ticker, 2000–02 17. Agent Ruby’s Mood Swing Diagram, 2002 FIGURES Conceiving Ada (still), 1997 / ii Conceiving Ada (still), 1997 / 5 Lynn and Roberta (Roberta Breitmore series), 1977 / 15 The Alchemical Machination, 1976 / 18 ILLUSTRATIONS All art by Lynn Hershman unless noted. The Dante Hotel, San Francisco, 1973 / 21 The Dante Hotel (detail of occupants of room 47), 1973–74 / 22 Self-Portrait as Another Person, 1969 / 22 Lynn Hershman leaning on Running Fence bus, 1976 / 24 Roberta’s Physical Stance (Roberta Breitmore series), 1976 / 27 Roberta’s Ad (Roberta Breitmore series), 1975 / 28 “Roberta’s Transformation” (Roberta Breitmore Comics, drawing by Spain Rodriguez), 1977 / 29 Roberta Multiple in Exorcism Ritual (Roberta Breitmore series), 1978 / 30 Eleanor Coppola, stills from Constructing Roberta, 1974 / 32 Forming a Sculpture Drama in Manhattan, 1974 / 35 Eleanor Antin’s The Battle of the Bluffs, 1975 / 36 Lynn Hershman and muralist Hilaire Dufresne with San Quentin prison inmates, 1975 / 40 Double Portrait of Lady Luck, 1975 / 43 25 Windows: A Portrait of Bonwit Teller (Window #10), 1976 / 45 25 Windows: A Portrait of Bonwit Teller (detail of Window #11), 1976 / 46 Myth America Corporation stock certificate, 1979–80 / 48 Two Stories Building (announcement), 1979 / 50 Non Credited Americans (study), 1981 / 53 Non Credited Americans, 1981 / 53 Mother-Child Duet (study for Rehearsals), 1983 / 54 New Acquisitions, 1985 / 57 Endangered Species, 1986 / 58 Face Stamps #2, 1972 / 60 Roberta’s Essence in Water Drops: Water, Air, Fire (Water Women series), 1975 / 61 Rowlands/Bogart (Hero Sandwich series), 1980 / 62 Seduction (Phantom Limb series), 1988 / 65 Digital Venus (Digital Venus series), 1996 / 66 Identity Cyborg (Cyborg series), 1999 / 68 Transgenic (Cyborg series), 2001 / 68 First Person Plural, part 3 of The Electronic Diaries (still), 1988 / 71 Lorna (still), 1983–84 / 79 Deep Contact (still), 1984–89 / 80 Deep Contact at San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 1989 / 80 America’s Finest, 1994–95 / 84 Illustrations 218 Illustrations 219 Tillie, the Telerobotic Doll, 1995–98 / 88 The Difference Engine #3 (still), 1995–98 / 90 Agent Ruby (still), 2002 / 93 DiNA, 2004– / 96 Conceiving Ada (virtual set deconstruction of scene), 1997 / 99 Teknolust (still), 2002 / 100 Untitled (Roberta and Irwin at San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; Roberta Breitmore series), 1975 / 108 Roberta’s California Interim Driver’s License (Roberta Breitmore series), 1976 / 108 Roberta’s Body Language Chart (Roberta Breitmore series), 1978 / 109 Roberta’s Construction Chart #1 (Roberta Breitmore series), 1975 / 116 Roberta Aged by Weather and Time (Roberta Breitmore series), 1976 / 119 Time Frame #1 (Time Frame series), 1984 / 121 Reach (Phantom Limb series), 1988 / 122 Room of One’s Own, 1990–93 / 130 Room of One’s Own (still), 1990–93 / 130 Paranoid Mirror, 1995–96 / 134 Paranoid Mirror at Seattle Art Museum, 1995 / 134 Shooting Script: A Transatlantic Love Story (two stills), 1992 / 141 Binge, part 2 of The Electronic Diaries (still), 1987 / 148 Seeing Is Believing (still), 1991 / 153 Desire Inc. (still), 1990 / 154 Longshot (still), 1989 / 154 Conceiving Ada (still), 1997 / 164 Teknolust (still), 2002 / 165 Conceiving Ada (still), 1997 / 176 Teknolust (still), 2002 / 176 CybeRoberta, 1995–98 / 191 The Difference Engine #3, at Cyberarts 99, Prix Ars Electronica Exhibition, 1999 / 194 Time and Time Again (system schematic, designed by Fabian Wagmister and Dara Gelof ), 1999 / 195 This page intentionally left blank ...