Liquid Reflections – in conversation with Liliane Lijn

Tuesday 30 September
7.00pm (doors open 6.30pm)

The Minories
74 High Street, Colchester, CO1 1UE

Book tickets at eafestival.com/lilianelijn

Join us for an evening with trail-blazing contemporary artist, Liliane Lijn, whose seminal kinetic artworks redefined the possibilities of creative and artistic expression.

From her motorised Poem Machines of the early 1960s that infused language with additional meaning through movement, to her iconic spinning Koans and mesmerising masterwork, Liquid Reflections, Lijn merged industrial materials, movement, myth, and poetry in ways that were decades ahead of their time.

Currently the subject of a major retrospective at Tate St Ives—Liliane Lijn: Arise Alive—Lijn will be at The Minories to discuss her acclaimed new memoir, Liquid Reflections, in conversation with Emma Howe, Director of The Minories.

Based on her diaries from 1958 to 1966, the book charts her formative years in bohemian Paris and Athens, her fearless experiments with new materials, and her navigation of love, motherhood, and an art world deeply resistant to women. Critics have hailed it as “utterly gripping, enraging, entertaining—and important” (Jennifer Higgie) and a portrait of “a unique and self-renewing force of creativity for six decades” (Marina Warner).

Don’t miss this chance to hear, in her own words, the story of an artist who refused to be categorised.

Book tickets at eafestival.com/lilianelijn

This event is part of a series of art-themed events which are a partnership between EA Festival, Essex Book Festival and The Minories.