Introduction
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.
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Solar Hills
Solar Hills, in collaboration with NASA astronomer John Vallerga, 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.
Solar Hills has been selected as a major project for Marseille-Provence 2013. This will mark the celebration of Marseille becoming City of European Culture.
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Light Years at Riflemaker
From 8th November 2011, Riflemaker, 79 Beak Street, London W1F 9SU
Liliane Lijn's Light Years, running concurrently at Sir John Soane's Museum and at Riflemaker features the artist's work using light and energy as materials. As well as Lijn's new Poemdrums, Riflemaker will show The Ruins of Kash, part of her ongoing Stardust project, which combines the artist's use of Aerogel, a weightless material developed by NASA for space research, with the artist's vision of stardust as fragmented ancient cosmic ruins.
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Moonmeme
Interactive Artwork
In Moonmeme, the artist reveals her concept to write on the Moon from the Earth using a laser beam. The word 'SHE" is projected onto the surface of the moon, the meaning of this word being gradually transformed as the Moon moves through its phases.
Moonmeme is being shown as part of Republic of the Moon/Moon Futures, 15th December, FACT, Liverpool
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CAUTION MATTER by Liliane Lijn and Jamie Allen
17th – 26th January 2012, Ruskin Gallery, Cambridge CB1 1PT
CAUTION MATTER by Liliane Lijn and Jamie Allen is a new exhibition about configurations within art, industry, space and mythology which will highlight the luminous and exciting work of Lijn, a poet and visual artist and sound and media artist Allen, the deputy director of Newcastle's Culture Lab.
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Signals and Indica
24th October - March 2012, Gallery One, New Vision Centre, Tate Britain, London
A look at the work of four avant-garde London galleries in the 1950s and 60s, including work by Yves Klein and Hélio Oiticica.
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United Enemies
1st December – 11th March 2012, Henry Moore Institute, Leeds
United Enemies looks at sculpture made by artists in Britain during the 1960s and 1970s, a time when the idea of sculpture was being radically contested.
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Moonmeme review by Mark Sheerin
21st December 2011
criticismism is a journal of art and ideas inspired by work in Brighton, UK, and beyond. It is written by Mark Sheerin, who also contributes to Culture24 and Mono.
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Very Magazine
Liliane Lijn's recent work as featured in her Lightyears exhibitions is featured in a four page article in Very Magazine 16. Her Nine Layer collage animation is featured in the forthcoming Very iPad issue.