Lynn Hershman Leeson

Cyborg Series: Selected Images

1996-2006

In a series of images portraying cybernetic organisms or “cyborgs,” mechanical elements, identity numbers, and technological symbols are superimposed on the faces of women, making them into half-human, robotic femme fatales.

Identity Cyborg - 1996

Identity Cyborg, 1996, archival digital print, 127 x 127 cm

Identity Cyborg - 1996

Cyborg 9, 1999, photograph mounted on aluminium, 84 x 84 cm

Identity Cyborg - 1996

Transgenic Cyborg, 2000, iris ink jet print on archival paper, 86.4 x 78.7 cm