The Easel

Archives: Niccolo Lucarelli

1st July 2025

Technology in the service of art

Inspired by the surrealists to “change the rules of the game”, Lijn has spent her career making sculpture that mixes art and science. That means kinetic sculpture, poetry-infused machines, and various animated installations. Regrettably, her unconventional work, now given a prestigious retrospective, is being smothered by impenetrable jargon. For example, is her work “technological feminism – and what exactly does that mean? It’s all a bit unclear. An interview with the artist is here.