“The landscape of the human face and the mythical status of earthly forms and their spiritual shadows provides the impetus for Lilith … Lilith is a mythical figure, whose many roles and meanings are evoked in Cross's strange gestures and expressions. Lilith is the first wife of Adam, a witch or menacing female figure with mythical powers … Lilith can be situated within Steina's tradition of rethinking landscape and reconfiguring space … Cross's haunting, slowed speech, which Steina manipulates into abrupt half-sounds and guttural utterances, evokes a primordial presence. The Lilith of this work is finally a figure of enigma: difficult to read yet commanding of attention in her merging of earth and human form.”