Exhibitions
Logic Paralyzes the Heart
Logic Paralyzes the Heart (2022) is a video piece that introduces us to Cyborg #1, a sentient being who adopts the guise of a human through actress Joan Chen, to engage in an exercise of self-reflection on her role in history. Cyborg #1 tells a story: a life, her own, conditioned by the militarized, warmongering context that motivates technological innovation, from encrypted and decrypted underwater communications systems during World War II to the genesis of cyborgs during the Vietnam War.
Exhibition leaflet containing texts in accessible language.
Exhibition produced in partnership with the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts.
Lynn Hershman Leeson, Logic Paralyzes the Heart, 2021,video, colour, sound. Courtesy of Altman Siegel (San Francisco) and Bridget Donahue (New York) © Lynn Hershman Leeson
Lynn Hershman Leeson, Logic Paralyzes the Heart, 2021,video, colour, sound. Courtesy of Altman Siegel (San Francisco) and Bridget Donahue (New York) © Lynn Hershman Leeson
Lynn Hershman Leeson, Logic Paralyzes the Heart, 2021,video, colour, sound. Courtesy of Altman Siegel (San Francisco) and Bridget Donahue (New York) © Lynn Hershman Leeson
Lynn Hershman Leeson, Logic Paralyzes the Heart, 2021,video, colour, sound. Courtesy of Altman Siegel (San Francisco) and Bridget Donahue (New York) © Lynn Hershman Leeson
Lynn Hershman Leeson, Logic Paralyzes the Heart, exhibition view presented at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts as part of MOMENTA 2023. Photo: Mike Patten
Lynn Hershman Leeson, Logic Paralyzes the Heart, exhibition view presented at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts as part of MOMENTA 2023. Photo: Mike Patten
