Liliane Lijn
Bride   1988

244 x 244 x 153 cm
8' x 8' x 5'

mixed media performing sculpture.

The fashioning of an image is one thing, the fashioning of a mythological realm another.
Joseph Campbell, "Primitive Mythology: The Masks of God"

The Bride's enclosure acts as a temenos, offering protection to the fragility of a moment of imbalance. The mesh on opposing sides interferes with itself, creating moire patterns which make the enclosure come to life. It is not possible to simultaneously focus on the mesh and the Bride. The Bride is always seen through the grid of her enclosure.