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⚘ Mythohuman // Maria Lankina

  • A glowing triangular installation on a beach at dusk surrounded by a dense crowd holding up lit phones.

    Installation as Social Organism

  • A symbolic image created by Maria Lankina with AI for The Trouble with Being More Than One Thing, a critical essay on feminine image, visibility, contradiction, and the cost of being read too quickly.

    The Trouble with Being More Than One Thing

  • Futuristic female figure with neon yellow hair connected by wires, seated in a controlled environment with a secondary luminous version of herself in the background

    A System for Making Selves

  • Weightless for Whom?

  • Central figure in a tailored suit stands blindfolded on a pedestal, surrounded by multiple blindfolded statues arranged symmetrically in a dim architectural space

    I Asked About Proportion. I Received Hierarchy.

  • Mirror-polished balloon dog sculpture reflecting surrounding city buildings and taxis.

    Fetish of the Toy

  • Two AI-generated female avatars in white tops and red tights pose against a pale wall, holding a yellow inflatable horse.

    Not Quite Me: When the Avatar Becomes True.

  • Fetish of the Raw

  • What Zero10 Taught Us About Digital Art at Basel

  • Dialogues With the Dataset 1: The Woman at the Center

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Mythohuman is an ongoing body of work by Maria Lankina exploring how a human signal stays coherent inside noise across painting, photography, AI imagery, and text.

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⚘ Mythohuman // Maria Lankina

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Images in essays on this site are part of Maria Lankina’s ongoing Mythohuman avatar series. They are created using generative AI systems and post-production editing as part of a broader exploration of identity, authorship, and digital embodiment.