<!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="balls.html">Balls</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> Cannery </big>2001<br> <br> <img style="width: 480px; height: 640px;" alt="splice" src="artimages/04EL2001Cannery.jpg" align="left"><small><span style="font-style: italic;"><br> <br> </span></small></big></span> <div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><big><small>In the gallery a suit standing 5'5" made of clear and white plastic hangs from the ceiling. Projected onto the suit is an image of a body in a similar plastic suit being filled with water, the video starts at the ankles and ends at the neckline.&nbsp; As the water in the video rises up the body, the projection also rises up the plastic suit. Once the water reaches the neckline it spills out in a rhythmic pattern paralleling the breathing body inside the suit.&nbsp; The sounds of forced breaths and spilling water come out from the suit, from four audio speakers placed in the arms and legs. The video loops indefinitely, suggesting an ongoing struggle between the rising water and the body inside the suit.</small></big></span><br> <span style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"></span><br> <span style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><big><small>Through the Cannery I subject my body to the pressure and weight of water. The result is a physically shifting to accommodate the layer of water but ultimately its force upon my body is to great to contain. I begin to labour under the weight and breathing becomes difficult until I squeeze the water out through the neckline of the suit by my strained breaths. The action becomes a visual manifestation of metaphoric drowning.</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> <br> </small></big></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Quicktime <a target="none" href="quicktimes/cannery.mov">video documentation</a><br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <center><img style="width: 150px; height: 200px;" alt="" src="artimages/Cannery1.gif">&nbsp;<img style="width: 150px; height: 200px;" alt="" src="artimages/Cannery2.gif">&nbsp;<img style="width: 150px; height: 200px;" alt="" src="artimages/Cannery3.gif">&nbsp;<img style="width: 150px; height: 200px;" alt="" src="artimages/Cannery4.gif">&nbsp;<img style="width: 150px; height: 200px;" alt="" src="artimages/Cannery5.gif">&nbsp; <br> <big style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><span style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"></span></big><span style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><small><big><br> <br> </big></small><big><small><br> <br> </small> </big></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>