Faster Than Birds, 2009

Poemdrums are related to Lijn’s early work with text, Poem Machines (1962). Like the Poem Machines, they spin, disengaging words from the composed text.
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Way Out Is Way In, 2009

The 3-meter column is made from used industrial drums that are programmed to rotate at steadily increasing speeds until the words, a tracery of drilled holes, blur into vibrating pulses of light.
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Koans, 2008

Koan is a Japanese word for a paradoxical riddle given to young Buddhist monks as aids for meditation. Koans are a continuous theme in Lijn’s work.
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Mars Koan, 2008

Koan is a Japanese word for a paradoxical riddle given to young Buddhist monks as aids for meditation. Koans are a continuous theme in Lijn’s work.
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Clear Red Koan, 2008

Koan is a Japanese word for a paradoxical riddle given to young Buddhist monks as aids for meditation. Koans are a continuous theme in Lijn’s work.
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Acid Lava Koan, 2008

Koan is a Japanese word for a paradoxical riddle given to young Buddhist monks as aids for meditation. Koans are a continuous theme in Lijn’s work.
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Clear Light Koan, 2008

Koan is a Japanese word for a paradoxical riddle given to young Buddhist monks as aids for meditation. Koans are a continuous theme in Lijn’s work.
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Three Line Koan, 2008

Koan is a Japanese word for a paradoxical riddle given to young Buddhist monks as aids for meditation. Koans are a continuous theme in Lijn’s work.
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Heavenly Fragments, 2008

A disc and a cone of aerogel have broken into fragments. Each installation is an attempt at renewal but can only represent a fragmented memory, a ruin.
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Liberate Heart, 2007

Whether Lijn work with a poet’s words or her own text, she wants the words to float into the viewers mind in continually changing sequences. Meaning, like a river, is always in flux.
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Lost Koan, 2007

Koan is a Japanese word for a paradoxical riddle given to young Buddhist monks as aids for meditation. Koans are a continuous theme in Lijn’s work.
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Red Line Koan, 2007

Koan is a Japanese word for a paradoxical riddle given to young Buddhist monks as aids for meditation. Koans are a continuous theme in Lijn’s work.
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Fire Ice, 2007

Whether she works with a poet’s words or her own text, Lijn wants the words to float into the viewers mind in continually changing sequences. Meaning, like a river, is always in flux.
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