Liminal Space

In the last couple months, ideas on liminality have interested me. A liminal space represents an in-between space. It is neither this nor that, it is in constant flux. I use the modern ruin as a liminal space, it is a window into the past yet, we are seeing it in the present moment and it points to questions of the future. The abandoned building site, is a common modern ruin, both construction and deconstruction are represented

The work compares ideas of the liminal space in the physical environment (the ruin) to that of the mental spaces. The liminal state in the mind is one too of uncertainty and change, these states are times of questions. I am interested in this state as one of transformation. The death of old patterns, and the birth of the new. Both growth and decay co-exist.

The co-existence of opposites is central to the work. My etchings below illustrate this co-existence of opposites. Construction and deconstruction are juxtaposed.