Seduction of a Cyborg. 1994. Written and directed by Lynn Hershman Leeson Teknolust. 2002. Written and directed by Lynn Hershman Leeson

Film

Seduction of a Cyborg. 1994. USA. Written and directed by Lynn Hershman Leeson. With J. C. Denton, Paul Denton, Gunther Hermann. Courtesy of the artist. Digital projection. 7 min.

Teknolust. 2002. USA/Germany/Great Britain. Written and directed by Lynn Hershman Leeson. With Tilda Swinton, Jeremy Davies, James Urbaniak, Karen Black. 35mm. 85 min.

On August 16, the writer-director Lynn Hershman Leeson presents Teknolust, her gender- and genre-bending exploration of technology and transmogrification, starring Tilda Swinton as "Rosetta Stone," a bio-geneticist who injects her own DNA into cyborg clones, with wildly unpredictable—and colorful—results. Archival print courtesy of the artist.

This film accompanies Future Imperfect: The Uncanny in Science Fiction.

Sat, Aug 26, 2017, 1:00 p.m.

MoMA, Floor T2, Theater 2

The Roy and Niuta Titus Theater 2
Wed, Aug 16, 2017, 7:00 p.m.

Introduced by Lynn Hershman Leeson

MoMA, Floor T2, Theater 2

The Roy and Niuta Titus Theater 2

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