A San Francisco-based filmmaker and multimedia artist, Lynn Hershman Leeson is widely recognized for her prescient work in media-based practices and commentary on the relationship between people and technology. This single, small-gallery installation features a selection of videos, photographs, and ephemera related to select projects from the 1970s from the Lynn Hershman Leeson papers to consider the genesis of Hershman Leeson’s career-long exploration of ideas of personhood and identity, as well as her consistent challenge to rethink what and where art can be.

Stanford acquired Hershman Leeson’s archive (Special Collections, M1452) starting in 2004, with additional material arriving in subsequent years. The exhibition opens July 17th, 2024 and is ongoing.