Past Film/Video | Classics

Conceiving Ada

(Lynn Hershman Leeson, 1997)

An image of Tilda Swinton wearing an all yellow outfit. She stares at the viewer and in her hands sits a digitally drawn bird. The image itself is overlaid with multi-colored lines and digital shapes
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Jul 09, 2021–Jul 10, 2021
Available Times
  • Fri, Jul 09, 7:00 PM
  • Sat, Jul 10, 4:00 PM
Film/Video Theater

ADMISSION
$7 members
$9 general public
$5 students

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We strive to host inclusive, accessible events that enable all individuals, including individuals with disabilities, to engage fully. If you have questions about accessibility or require an accommodation such as captioning or ASL interpretation to participate in this event, please contact Accessibility Manager Helyn Marshall at accessibility@wexarts.org or via telephone at (614) 688–3890. Requests made by two weeks in advance will generally allow us to provide seamless access, but the Wexner Center for the Arts will make every effort to meet requests made after this date.

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Welcome back to the Wexner Center’s Film/Video Theater for an in-person screening of Lynn Hershman Leeson’s Conceiving Ada.

The 1997 drama follows Emmy Coer (Francesca Faridany), a computer scientist who becomes obsessed with pioneering mathematician Countess Ada Lovelace (Tilda Swinton) and develops the technology to communicate with the past. Reaching back through time, Emmy begins an intimate conversation with Ada about their lives and careers as women scientists.

The only daughter of Lord and Lady Byron, Lovelace is credited with writing the first computer algorithm. She died of cancer in 1852 at the age of 36. (85 mins., DCP)

View the complete Lynn Hershman Leeson series lineup.

 

"A film without category or precedent. A meditation on memory, feminism, immortality and the horizons of virtual reality, it's got enough ideas and intellectual fodder for a dozen films."
San Francisco Chronicle

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An image of Tilda Swinton wearing an all yellow outfit. She stares at the viewer and in her hands sits a digitally drawn bird. The image itself is overlaid with multi-colored lines and digital shapes

Conceiving Ada | Image courtesy of Strand Releasing

A collection of three images. From top left to right: a person sits at a table with a blue backdrop, on the right a photo of an empty room with light pouring in from the window. At the bottom a person sits at a desk.

Conceiving Ada | Image courtesy of Strand Releasing

An diagram of a bedroom with text labelling each part of the room. Two figures are in the image, one next to a bed and the other by a window

Conceiving Ada | Image courtesy of Strand Releasing

An close-up image of Tilda Swinton's face she stares directly at the viewer. In the background is out of focus foilage.

Conceiving Ada | Image courtesy of Strand Releasing

Tilda Swinton in profile against a blue backdrop that features fluffy white clouds. Swinton's hair falls to shoulders in curls.

Conceiving Ada | Image courtesy of Strand Releasing

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FILM/VIDEO PROGRAMS MADE POSSIBLE BY
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Kaufman Development

ADDITIONAL SUPPORT PROVIDED BY
Rohauer Collection Foundation

WEXNER CENTER PROGRAMS MADE POSSIBLE BY
The Wexner Family
Greater Columbus Arts Council
Mary and C. Robert Kidder
L Brands Foundation
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The Columbus Foundation
Ohio Arts Council
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Past Film/Video

Conceiving Ada

Jul 09, 2021–Jul 10, 2021
Saturday's Hours Closed
  • Fri, Jul 09, 7:00 PM
  • Sat, Jul 10, 4:00 PM
Film/Video Theater

ADMISSION
$7 members
$9 general public
$5 students

Click here to view our latest COVID-19 safety protocols.

FREE GALLERY ADMISSION
Don’t forget: gallery admission is free with a ticket to any same-day Wexner Center event. Simply show your ticket at our Patron Services Desk.

We strive to host inclusive, accessible events that enable all individuals, including individuals with disabilities, to engage fully. If you have questions about accessibility or require an accommodation such as captioning or ASL interpretation to participate in this event, please contact Accessibility Manager Helyn Marshall at accessibility@wexarts.org or via telephone at (614) 688–3890. Requests made by two weeks in advance will generally allow us to provide seamless access, but the Wexner Center for the Arts will make every effort to meet requests made after this date.

Become a Member