Lynn Hershman Leeson
30 Mar - 02 Jun 2013
© Lynn Hershman Leeson
Agent Ruby, 1999-2002 (screenshot detail); web project (www.agentruby.net);
Collection SFMOMA, Gift of bitforms gallery, Paule Anglim Gallery, and the artist; commissioned by the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 2008.230
Agent Ruby, 1999-2002 (screenshot detail); web project (www.agentruby.net);
Collection SFMOMA, Gift of bitforms gallery, Paule Anglim Gallery, and the artist; commissioned by the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 2008.230
LYNN HERSHMAN LEESON
The Agent Ruby Files
30 March - 2 June 2013
SFMOMA commissioned the online project Agent Ruby by acclaimed San Francisco artist Lynn Hershman Leeson in 2001-2002. Since that time Agent Ruby — an artificial intelligence Internet entity — has conversed with online users, which has shaped her memory, knowledge, and moods. The work reflects the artist's long-standing interest in the interaction between fictional or virtual characters and real people or situations. This digital and analog presentation reinterprets dialogues drawn from a decade-long archive of text files and reflects on technologies, recurrent themes, and patterns of audience engagement.
The Agent Ruby Files
30 March - 2 June 2013
SFMOMA commissioned the online project Agent Ruby by acclaimed San Francisco artist Lynn Hershman Leeson in 2001-2002. Since that time Agent Ruby — an artificial intelligence Internet entity — has conversed with online users, which has shaped her memory, knowledge, and moods. The work reflects the artist's long-standing interest in the interaction between fictional or virtual characters and real people or situations. This digital and analog presentation reinterprets dialogues drawn from a decade-long archive of text files and reflects on technologies, recurrent themes, and patterns of audience engagement.