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San Francisco Museum of Modern Art

March 30 - June 3, 2013

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The Agent Ruby Files Lynn Hershman Leeson, Agent Ruby (detail), 1999-2002; Collection SFMOMA
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. Public programs: Thursday, April 11, 2013 Gallery talk: Rudolf Frieling on Lynn Hershman Leeson Rudolf Frieling, curator of media arts, SFMOMA Meet in the Haas Atrium before moving into the galleries. 6:30 p.m. Thursday, May 23, 2013 Panel on "Lynn Hershman Leeson: The Agent Ruby Files" SFMOMA Koret Visitor Education Center 6 p.m. For more information, visit www.sfmoma.org. Each Thursday, hear from the people behind the scenes at the museum as SFMOMA staff share perspectives on individual artworks. Talks last 20 minutes. Free with museum admission.