Rock Rings, 2009

Lijn intends her jewellery to be worn, as if one were moulding a clod of ‘glebe’ to a part of one’s body. She wants people to wear the earth.
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Pinch Pots and Pyramids

Kate Werble Gallery, New York City

November 2009

"Pinch Pots and Pyramids", on view at Kate Werble Gallery, invites viewers to reconsider basic geometric shapes as well as the human ability to create them.
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Serpentine Poetry Marathon

October 18 - 19th 2009

Curated by Hans Ulrich Obrist, and held in the Serpentine Gallery Pavilion 2009 designed by Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa of SANAA over the weekend of 17th and 18th of October 2009.
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Power Game, ICA London

28th July 2009

Originally staged by Liliane Lijn in 1974 and renacted at the ICA in 2009, Power Game is concerned with the power of words and how people interpret meaning depending on their interests and preconceptions.
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Faster Than Birds, 2009

Poemdrums are related to Lijn’s early work with text, Poem Machines (1962). Like the Poem Machines, they spin, disengaging words from the composed text.
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Poor.Old.Tired.Horse

ICA, London

17th June – 23rd August 2009

Poor. Old. Tired. Horse. takes an expansive look at text-based art practices, inspired by the concrete poetry movement of the 60s which explored both the literary and graphic potential of language.
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Way Out Is Way In, 2009

The 3-meter column is made from used industrial drums that are programmed to rotate at steadily increasing speeds until the words, a tracery of drilled holes, blur into vibrating pulses of light.
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Space – Time

National Glass Centre

April - August 2009

'Space-Time' draws together works that reflect upon applications of astronomical observations and the role of time in our everyday lives, memory and future.
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Lava Cuff, 2008

Lijn intends her jewellery to be worn, as if one were moulding a clod of ‘glebe’ to a part of one’s body. She wants people to wear the earth.
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Lava Necklace, 2008

Lijn intends her jewellery to be worn, as if one were moulding a clod of ‘glebe’ to a part of one’s body. She wants people to wear the earth.
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Fossil Necklaces, 2008

Lijn intends her jewellery to be worn, as if one were moulding a clod of ‘glebe’ to a part of one’s body. She wants people to wear the earth.
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Pendant N, 2008

Lijn intends her jewellery to be worn, as if one were moulding a clod of ‘glebe’ to a part of one’s body. She wants people to wear the earth.
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