Flikker book: Liliane Lijn, published by Alecto International, 1972
The “Flikker Book” series, published by Alecto International in 1972, is a collection of flip books featuring contributions from various artists. The series includes nine volumes, each created by a different artist, with the goal of combining visual art and motion through simple animations. Each book typically measures around 3 x 3.5 inches and contains a series of images that create a moving picture when the pages are rapidly flipped.
No.1- 9 : 1. Francois Dallegret. 2. Chic Taylor. 3. Eduardo Paolozzi. 4. Patrick Procktor. 5. Malcolm Carder. 6. Liliane Lijn. 7. Pater Schmidt. 8. Roy Grayson. 9. Derek Boshier.
Lijn’s book is a schematic animation of how the planet earth came to be formed.
London Editions Alecto 1972. Each book is unpaginated with one b&w illustration per page, printed on rectos only, 90mm x 75mm, with stapled black and white card covers. Produced by Alecto for the Museum of Modern Art in New York and listed in their Christmas catalogue for 1972.
