Algorithm for a Bodymountain

Screen shot of a computer generated mock-up for the installation of the video Algorithm for a Bodymountain by Erika Jean Lincoln. A rectangular video monitor is placed on a wall with a patterned print. Print on wall same as print in video.
Screen shot of a computer generated mock-up for the installation of the video Algorithm for a Bodymountain by Erika Jean Lincoln. A rectangular video monitor is placed on a wall with a patterned print. Print on wall same as print in video.

Algorithm for a Bodymountain. International premier January 2026 Seoul, Korea.

Silent video 40sec. with accompanying text. 2026

In this silent video stills of a human body taking different positions under a printed textile sheet morph together in front of a rococo styled background. English text at the bottom of the video accompanies the movements giving hints to the body positions under the sheet.

Over forty seconds the morphing shape fades in and out while the text names body parts and counts seconds of held breath. Together these elements form a portrait of the artist twisting and turning trying to relate to an inaccessible mountain by replicating its volume.

Through this video the artist explores how alternative understandings of a place can emerge through the complex interactions between bodies, technologies, and environments.

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