Stand-In Saint / Holding Pattern is generated from the painting Soft Systems: Infinity Loop (inv. APC20231620001), photographed and used as image input in an early AI model with Lankina’s fixed “God is a woman…” incantation. The system translates that painting’s looped geometry and neon markers into a cool skinned figure whose body is encased in a simple yet slightly architectural dress. She stands against a dark field with a calm, almost placeholder expression, as if she has been placed there to test the frame rather than to be worshiped.

The resulting AI image is printed onto Fujifilm Instax Mini film as a single small print, turning the digital apparition into a handheld card that can crease or be lost. “Stand-In Saint” points to the sense that this is a provisional icon, a temporary stand-in for some future, more official deity, while “Holding Pattern” names the static pose and suspended state she occupies. Within Deities and oddities. she reads as a quiet checkpoint in the system, a mythohuman figure parked in place while the code decides what to do next.

AI generated image printed on Fujifilm Instax Mini color film, 1/1, created using a photograph of the acrylic painting Soft Systems: Infinity Loop (inv. APC20231620001, 16 x 20 in, from Right here right now – We are all gods) as image input together with the recurring prompt “God is a woman. Freckles. Bare skin. Linen. Crack in plaster. Love over death. Inspiration over desperation. Surrealistic interpretation,” then printed onto Instax Mini instant film as a one of one artifact.