Lynn Hershman created the first interactive video art installation with her “Lorna.” It consisted of a television, which the viewer could control with a remote, picturing a woman, controlling a television with a remote. Later on, the work expanded to show more of the home and include more interactive elements. Hershmann explains in her essay that video art does not talk back; it is a one sided discourse. She, however, wanted to manipulate this idea and create interactive video. Her work, “Lorna,” came on a disc, one of the first of its kind, and had possibilities for rearranging the work to change the plot. Hershman also gives details about two works in progress, “Deep Contact,” and “Paths of Inner Action.” I loved being able to see the images from “Lorna” in the essay. They were so interesting because they used type to converse with the user/viewer.
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