By far one of the most complicated exhibitions I have ever seen, even after I left I was still wondering about it.. is this maybe a good thing?
Lynn Hershman investigates a simulated person who interacts with real life in real time.
Roberta is constructed through drawings, clothing and wigs and then four years later she is exorcised.
Roberta Breitmore was for FOUR YEARS a private performance of a simulated person.
It is so bizarre, Roberta was given childhood data before she was allowed into the world and her first action was to place an ad in a local newspaper for a roommate.
People who answered became part of the performance, "As she became part of their reality, they became part of her fiction."
The artist : Lynn Hershman, was often accused of being Roberta, although she insisted she was her "own women" Roberta represented a large part of Lynn. Lynn states: "For years my daughter denied she was related to me. People assumed I was schizophenic."
It was really interesting to see all the paper work for example; physciatrists notes etc and art work of this fictious persona. It also included clothes and Roberta's wig.To fully understand this surreal exhibition more information can be found here:
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