Library of Light: Encounters with artists and designers, by Jo Joelson, published by Lund Humphries, 2019
Library of Light brings together established and emerging practitioners who work with light, as material or subject, from theatre, music, performance, fine art, photography, film, public art, holography, digital media, architecture, and the built environment.
The book aims to broaden our understanding of light as a creative medium and examines its impact on our cultural history and the role it plays in the new frontiers of art, design and technology. Including interviews with: David Batchelor, Rana Begum, Robin Bell, Jason Bruges, Anne Bean and Richard Wilson , Laura Buckley, Rick Fisher, Susan Gamble and Michael Wenyon, Susan Hiller, Michael Hulls and Russell Maliphant, Cliff Lauson, Chris Levine, Michael Light, Joshua Lightshow, Liliane Lijn, Rafael Lozano-Hemmer, Manu Luksch, Mark Major (Speirs + Major), Anthony McCall, Gustav Metzger, Haroon Mirza, Yoko Ono, Katie Paterson, Mark Titchner, Andi Watson.
Liliane Lijn’s interview reveals an early fascination with light from her childhood in New York and her subsequent focus on the poetry of light, light as a language and the science of light. The interview is illustrated with images of her artworks including: Liquid Reflections, 1968, moonmeme, 1992, Solar Hills, 2005, Burma Requiem and Ruins of Kosch from the Stardust Ruins series, 2008.
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