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Lynn Hershman.
Papers, c.1972-2004.
Acquired in part through the Kenyon Law Starling and
the Robert L. Goldman Funds.
Based in the San Francisco Bay Area, Lynn Hershman has been one of the most innovative and versatile avant-garde artists in the United States over the past three decades. Hershman was closely associated with Art Com, the San Francisco-based contemporary art support group, whose archive is also at Stanford. Documented in the Hershman collection is her work on projects such as The Twenty-five Windows (1974-76) and Dante Hotel (1973-74). In the late 1970s Hershman experimented with the incorporation of laser and computer technology into her art. Among the first results was Lorna (1979-1983), an interactive laser disk usually considered the first interactive video art installation. From the mid-1980s to the mid-1990s, Hershman used interactive videodisk technology for several important projects that each brought the viewers into a position that encouraged a close examination of their own motives and behavior. Deep Contact (1984-89) invited participants to touch Marion, their "guide," on any part of her body via a Microtouch monitor. Also included in the archive are materials relating to Paranoid Mirror (1995-96); Synthia Stock Ticker (2000-02); Teknolust (1999-2002); and Conceiving Ada (1995-1997).
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