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04 October 2001, 8 pm

"Conceiving Ada" by Lynn Hershman

Conceiving Ada, Regie: Lynn Hershman, 1998, 88 Min., 35mm

"Conceiving Ada" (1998), Lynn Hershman


The mathemetician Ada Byron King, Countess of Lovelace and daughter of Lord Byron, is not only credited with writing the first computer program but also with predicting the possibilities of artificial life and the digital revolution that occurred 144 years after her death.