The Redeeming Gift of Humanity

The full title of the work is 'The Redeeming Gift of Humanity is that Each Generation Recreates Itself'. Tilda Swinton, playing Ada Lovelace in Lynn Hershman Leeson's film Conceiving Ada, 1995, predicts on her deathbed that humans would recreate themselves in the future. Ada Lovelace was a mathematician who wrote the very first computer program in the nineteenth century. Although the film was made nearly 30 years ago, what she says is crucial to the idea of NFTs. Each generation does recreate itself, one way or another. This one has seen AI and NFTs (and DNA) become a new language for storage and communication. Artist and filmmaker Lynn Hershman Leeson is recognized for her work investigating key issues including the relationship between humans and technology, identity, surveillance, and the use of media as a tool of empowerment against censorship. Leeson’s works are in public collections around the world including the MoMA, ZKM, SFMOMA, LACMA and Tate Modern. Verisart Certified: https://verisart.com/works/6a6f3aea-3d12-45f8-af58-adf245aa410e