Liliane Lijn
Breathing Tower   1971

32’ at maximum height

Stainless steel, neon, hydraulics.

Breathing Tower is a slowly transforming structure made from 15 upturned conical sections which fit into each other. Using hydraulics, the separate sections move upwards and, as they do, the form changes from a convex stupa or concave parabolic tower to a stepped ziggurat. As it grows each segment reveals a new ring of colour.