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DESCRIPTION:\n	With Lynn Hershman Leeson and Stuart Firestein in person \n
 \n\n	\n\nTeknolust. Dir. Lynn Hershman Leeson. 2002\, 85 mins. Digital pro
 jection. With Tilda Swinton\, Jeremy Davies\, James Urbaniak\, Karen Black
 . A bio-geneticist named Rosetta Stone (Tilda Swinton) finds a way to down
 load her DNA onto a computer and replicate it\, thereby creating three and
 roids (also played by Swinton). Needing periodic injections of the Y chrom
 osome to survive\, the androids venture into the real world to seduce men.
  As the androids grow close to other people\, they begin to question what 
 it means to be human. The screening will be followed by a discussion betwe
 en the filmmaker and Stuart Firestein\, Chair of Biological Sciences\, Col
 umbia University. \n\n\nThis event is sold out.\n\nTickets: $15 (free for 
 members at the Film Lover level and MoMI Kids Premium levels and above).&n
 bsp\; \n\n\n  Ticket purchase includes same-day admission to the Museum (s
 ee gallery hours). View the Museum’s ticketing policy here. For more infor
 mation on membership and to join online\, visit our membership page. \n\n
 \n	About the speakers: \n	\n	Lynn Hershman Leeson is a filmmaker and multi
 media artist whose work has been in over 200 large-scale exhibitions aroun
 d the world and film festivals including Sundance\, Toronto\, and Berlin. 
 Her artwork is currently on view in the exhibition Dreamlands at the Whitn
 ey Museum of American Art. Leeson is represented by Bridget Donahue in New
  York\, which will present a solo exhibition of her work from January 27–M
 arch 26\, 2017. \n\n\n	Dr. Stuart Firestein is the Chair of Biological Sci
 ences at Columbia University. He runs a laboratory to study the vertebrate
  olfactory system and neurons that modulate the sense of smell. Dr. Firest
 ein is the author of two acclaimed books\, Ignorance: How It Drives Scienc
 e and Failure: Why Science Is So Successful. He is the recipient of a Gugg
 enheim Fellowship\, and is an elected fellow of the American Association f
 or the Advancement of Science. \n\n\n
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LOCATION:Bartos Screening Room
SUMMARY:Craving the Y Chromosome: Teknolust with Director Lynn Hershman Lee
 son and biologist Stuart Firestein
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