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I work in a broad range of materials and media, making extensive use of new technologies to create works that view the world as energy. A constant dialogue between opposites, my sculptures use light and motion to transform themselves from solid to void, opaque to transparent, formal to organic.
My practice takes inspiration from science, oriental and western philosophies and the archetypal images of mythology. My work with text, since the 1960’s in unique objects, live performance and books, explores how language acts as a mirror of our society. I am particularly interested in the interaction between light and matter. In my recent work, I use video as memory encapsulated in light.
I have also worked in an architectural context, with sculptures commissioned and sited in the Laboratory of the Government Chemist in Teddington, Central Milton Keynes, Birchwood Science Park in Warrington, University of Warwick and East Anglia and recently for St Mary's Hospital on the Isle of Wight, St Thomas' Hospital and the Evelina Hospital for Children in London.
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Stardust
Stardust Ruins continues until 30th of June. First floor, Riflemaker, 79 Beak street, London
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'The EYE' DVD, Illuminations 2005
The EYE is a series of interview-based profiles of prominent contemporary visual artists in Britain.
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Solar Hills
Solar Hills are large-scale solar installations in the landscape that define the horizon with light. With Solar Hills, we are creating a new awareness of the beauty and poetry of our star. We use sunlight to draw people’s attention to the horizon, the flowing line of meeting between heaven and earth.
The concept and development of Solar Hills is the outcome of my residency at the Space Sciences Laboratory at the University of California, Berkeley and a collaboration between myself and astronomer John Vallerga. The project has been developed with the aid of partnership funding from Arts Council England and the Gulbenkian Foundation.
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Art and Space Science at UC Berkeley
In the spring of 2005, I was awarded a residency at the Space Sciences Laboratory (SSL) at the University of California, Berkeley, through Arts Council England's International Artist Fellowship Program.
www.internationalfellowships.org.uk
Read about Liliane Lijn's fellowship at the Space Sciences Laboratory (PDF 1.1Mb)