<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html style="direction: ltr;" lang="en-ca"> <head> <title>Erika Lincoln's Lab</title> </head> <body style="color: rgb(135, 135, 135); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" alink="#829984" link="#827e99" vlink="#998691"> <span style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><big><big><br> <big>ERIKA LINCOLN&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; </big></big></big></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><small><big><big><a href="sleeves.html">Sleeves</a></big></big></small><big><big>&nbsp; |&nbsp; </big><small><big><a href="index.html" target="_top">Main</a></big></small></big></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><big><br> <big><br> Balls </big>1999<br> <br> <img style="width: 640px; height: 499px;" alt="" src="artimages/Balls0.gif" align="left"><small><span style="font-style: italic;"></span></small></big></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"><span style="color: rgb(135, 135, 135);"><small><span style="color: rgb(135, 135, 135);"><big><small><br> <br style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"> </small></big></span></small></span></span> <div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"><span style="color: rgb(135, 135, 135);"><small><span style="color: rgb(135, 135, 135);"><big><small><big style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">This work is a combination of 100 clear plastic balls, some of which are motorized and connected to motion detectors, and a large scale video projection consisting of a pair of legs in water with floating balls.&nbsp; The arrangement of the motorized balls can be suspended from the ceiling or lying on the floor. The balls vibrate generating movement and sounds of various pitches based on the position of the viewers in the space.&nbsp; </big></small></big></span></small></span></span><br> <span style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"><span style="color: rgb(135, 135, 135);"><small><span style="color: rgb(135, 135, 135);"><big><small><big style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"></big></small></big></span></small></span></span><br> <span style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"><span style="color: rgb(135, 135, 135);"><small><span style="color: rgb(135, 135, 135);"><big><small><big style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Balls is an installation where immersion into the technological system is constantly being broken up by the material exchange between the objects and the viewer.&nbsp; Movements made by the viewer are echoed by the motorized balls, creating a physical and mental push and pull between the video plane and the objects</big></small></big></span></small></span></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><big><small><span style="font-style: italic;"></span></small></big></span><br> <span style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"></span></div> <span style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><big><small><br> <br> <br> </small></big></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Quicktime <a target="none" href="quicktimes/balls_doc.mov">video documentation</a><br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <center><img style="width: 320px; height: 261px;" alt="" src="artimages/Balls1.gif"> <img style="width: 320px; height: 261px;" alt="" src="artimages/Balls2.gif"><br> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <br> <span style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"></span><small style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><span style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;" class="style4">All images and texts on this site are copyright of Erika Lincoln unless otherwise noted and are not to be reproduced in any form without express consent of the author.<br> ©Erika Lincoln 2008</span></small> </center> </span> </body> </html>