{"id":14223,"date":"2020-12-01T16:53:19","date_gmt":"2020-12-01T15:53:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/?post_type=artists_ui&#038;p=14223"},"modified":"2026-09-05T14:19:37","modified_gmt":"2026-09-05T12:19:37","slug":"hershman-vertighost","status":"publish","type":"artists_ui","link":"https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/artists_ui\/artists\/hershman-leeson-lynn\/hershman-vertighost\/","title":{"rendered":"Vertighost"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;]<div class=\"dam-custom-grid dam-custom-grid--cols-2\" style=\"--dam-grid-gap:16px;\"><figure class=\"dam-custom-grid__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/VertiGhost-still-hershman-scaled.jpg\" class=\"dam-custom-grid__link\" data-lightbox=\"dam-custom-grid\" title=\"Lynn Hershman Leeson, VertiGhost. Multimedia installation artwork at the Legion of Honor and de Young museums in San Francisco (framed photographs, image printed on plexiglass, cameras, faux flowers, movement sensors, RealFiction 3D boxes, video). 2017.\" data-title=\"Lynn Hershman Leeson, VertiGhost. Multimedia installation artwork at the Legion of Honor and de Young museums in San Francisco (framed photographs, image printed on plexiglass, cameras, faux flowers, movement sensors, RealFiction 3D boxes, video). 2017.\" data-caption=\"Lynn Hershman Leeson, VertiGhost. Multimedia installation artwork at the Legion of Honor and de Young museums in San Francisco (framed photographs, image printed on plexiglass, cameras, faux flowers, movement sensors, RealFiction 3D boxes, video). 2017.\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1441\" src=\"https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/VertiGhost-still-hershman-scaled.jpg\" class=\"dam-custom-grid__image\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/VertiGhost-still-hershman-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/VertiGhost-still-hershman-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/VertiGhost-still-hershman-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/VertiGhost-still-hershman-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/VertiGhost-still-hershman-1536x865.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/VertiGhost-still-hershman-2048x1153.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/VertiGhost-still-hershman-1012x570.jpg 1012w, https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/VertiGhost-still-hershman-500x281.jpg 500w, https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/VertiGhost-still-hershman-550x310.jpg 550w, https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/VertiGhost-still-hershman-400x225.jpg 400w, https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/VertiGhost-still-hershman-2000x1126.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>[\/vc_column][vc_column css_animation=&#8221;fade-up&#8221; width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243; shift_x=&#8221;0&#8243; shift_y=&#8221;0&#8243; z_index=&#8221;0&#8243;][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;Vertighost (2017)&#8221; use_theme_fonts=&#8221;yes&#8221; css=&#8221;&#8221; font_size=&#8221;16&#8243; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; font_weight=&#8221;600&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<div class=\"wbp_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"wbp_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"wbp_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"wbp_wrapper\">\n<p><em>VertiGhost<\/em> is inspired by and reinterprets Alfred Hitchcock\u2019s film Vertigo (1958) in a multi-part installation about identity and authenticity. A film re-creates key scenes from the film and documents a painting by Amedeo Modigliani whose authenticity has been questioned, alongside interviews about the construction of realities in life and art. The project also consists of an installation and a live web component that incorporates live footage of viewers.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<strong>More works<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/artists_ui\/artists\/hershman-leeson-lynn\/hershman-shadow-stalker\/\">Shadow Stalker (2019-2021)<\/a><br \/>\nVertighost (2017)<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/artists_ui\/artists\/hershman-leeson-lynn\/hershman-infinity-engine\/\">The Infinity Engine (2014)<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/artists_ui\/artists\/hershman-leeson-lynn\/hershman-ai\/\">Artificial Intelligence (1998-2004)<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/artists_ui\/artists\/hershman-leeson-lynn\/hershman-net-works\/\">Net works (1996-2012)<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/artists_ui\/artists\/hershman-leeson-lynn\/hershman-films\/\">Films (1984-2017)<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/artists_ui\/artists\/hershman-leeson-lynn\/hershman-photography\/\">Photography (1984-2004)<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/artists_ui\/artists\/hershman-leeson-lynn\/hershman-interactivity\/\">Interactivity (1984-1994)<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/artists_ui\/artists\/hershman-leeson-lynn\/hershman-roberta-breitmore\/\">Roberta Breitmore (1973-1978)<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/artists_ui\/artists\/hershman-leeson-lynn\/hershman-early-work\/\">Early work (1967-68)<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][\/vc_column][vc_column css_animation=&#8221;fade-up&#8221; width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243; shift_x=&#8221;0&#8243; shift_y=&#8221;0&#8243; z_index=&#8221;0&#8243;][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;Vertighost (2017)&#8221; use_theme_fonts=&#8221;yes&#8221; css=&#8221;&#8221; font_size=&#8221;16&#8243; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; font_weight=&#8221;600&#8243;][vc_column_text] VertiGhost is inspired by and reinterprets Alfred Hitchcock\u2019s film Vertigo (1958) in a multi-part installation about identity and authenticity. A film re-creates key scenes from the film and documents a painting by Amedeo Modigliani whose authenticity has been questioned, alongside interviews&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"bookmark\" class=\"kayo-button-simple wvc-button wvc-button-size-xs\" href=\"https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/artists_ui\/artists\/hershman-leeson-lynn\/hershman-vertighost\/\"><span>Continue reading<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":14194,"parent":13977,"menu_order":0,"template":"","format":"standard","categories":[],"class_list":["post-14223","artists_ui","type-artists_ui","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","entry","clearfix","entry-grid","entry-columns-default","entry-artists_ui-module-layout-standard","thumbnail-color-tone-dark","metro-landscape","entry-artists_ui","entry-artists_ui-grid"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artists_ui\/14223","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artists_ui"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/artists_ui"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artists_ui\/13977"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14194"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14223"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14223"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}