Lynn Hershman Leeson: Autonomous Agents

Oct. 28, 2007

Type: event
Location: GB
Starts: Nov 24 2007 at 12:00AM
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Lynn Hershman Leeson: Autonomous Agents
A Real + Second Life Symposium

Saturday 24 November 2007
1.00pm 5.00pm

Lynn Hershman Leeson: A Real + Second Life Symposium coincides with the
major retrospective exhibition Autonomous Agents: The Art and Films of Lynn
Hershman Leeson. The Guardian¹s preview of the show spoke of Hershman as an
artist Ofor whom the creation of self-identity is less a vain game than a
matter of profound political import¹.

Working in performance, installation, video and film, new media and
technology, Lynn Hershman Leeson has explored identity, politics,
surveillance and artificial intelligence, operating at the vanguard of
artistic innovation from the 1960s onwards.

Autonomous Agents, A Real + Second Life Symposium considers the accumulation
of Hershman Leeson¹s practice and its habitation within live space,
cinematic space, the buildings of museums and galleries and most recently,
the virtual space of Second Life.

Through 20 minute long presentations, a range of academics and artists will
talk about Hershman Leeson¹s practice, as well as identity, politics,
surveillance and artificial intelligence. Confirmed speakers include Prof
Gabriella Giannachi (Exeter University), Prof Amelia Jones (University of
Manchester) and Prof Nick Kaye (Exeter University) as well as the artist
herself - Lynn Hershman Leeson.

This free symposium will take place in real life in The Whitworth Art
Gallery, Manchester on Saturday 24 November 2007 1.00pm 5.00pm GMT and on
the same day in Second Life at 3.30pm 4.30pm GMT. Contact
[email protected] for Second Life location.

Autonomous Agents, A Real + Second Life Symposium is in collaboration with
The Performing Presence Project, a four-year partnership between the University
of Exeter, Stanford University and University College London funded by the
Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC), UK and with the support of
Stanford Humanities Lab, California. Performing Presence is available at:
http://presence.stanford.edu/> &lt;http://presence.stanford.edu/>

To book a place at the symposium please call Sue Fletcher on 0161 275 7472
(Mon, Wed &amp; Thurs) or email [email protected]
&lt;mailto:[email protected]&gt;

The Whitworth Art Gallery
University of Manchester
Oxford Road
Manchester
United Kingdom
M15 6ER

Contact Sue Fletcher for details
[email protected]