A History of Her Own

Lynn Hershman Leeson: A History of Her Own is the first reader of essays devoted to the work of the renowned artist and media pioneer Lynn Hershman Leeson, published on the occasion of her first solo exhibition in Düsseldorf, at the Julia Stoschek Foundation, curated by Lisa Long. Comprising a wide range of texts—both reprints and newly commissioned contributions—the book spans the entirety of Hershman Leeson's groundbreaking practice, tracing its impact across decades and disciplines.

Since the 1960s, artist and filmmaker Lynn Hershman Leeson (born 1941 in Cleveland, Ohio) has shaped artistic discourses on performance, interactivity, cyborgs, surveillance, artificial intelligence, and biogenetics, paving a path that many generations would follow. She has worked with some of the most significant scientists of our time, bringing art into a complex dialogue with science. As a professor and critic, Hershman Leeson has written extensively on art, media, and politics.

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Texts by Lisa Long, Lynn Hershman Leeson, Moira Roth, Diane Tani, Jack Chipman, Pamela M. Lee, Judith Dunham, James Minton, Alfred Frankenstein, Karen Archey, Martin Herbert, Prudence Juris, Herbert Goode, Amelia Jones, Peggy Phelan, Robert Atkins, Kyle Stephan, Gabriella Giannachi, Jordan Stein, Hilaire Dufresne, David E. James, Margot Norton, Isobel Harbison, Josefin Granetoft, Yvonne Spielmann, Katherine C. M. Adams, Margaret Morse, Line Ajan, Abigail Solomon-Godeau, Sabine Himmelsbach, Rudolf Frieling, Laura Poitras, Juliana Huxtable, Hilton Als.

2026 (publication expected by 2nd quarter)

English edition

16,5 x 23 cm (softcover)

418 pages (ill.)

35.00 €

ISBN : 978-88-6749-701-0

EAN : 9788867497010

forthcoming