Liliane Lijn
Woman of War   1986

270 x 230 x 100 cm
10' high x 6' 3" wing spread x 3'

Painted steel and aluminium, synthetic fibres, glass prism, aluminium mesh, audio system, 5 milliwatt helium laser, smoke machine, computer.

Arte e Scienza, Venice Bienale.

Woman of War is controlled and activated by a computer. The song, in which I speak with a violence and anger which I didn’t know was mine, generated the form and actions of the sculpture. I felt as if the earth was singing through me.