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LIMINAL LANDSCAPE

A LIMINAL STATE IS A SITUATION WHERE A PERSON IS ON THE THRESHOLD BETWEEN TWO DISTINCT EXISTENTIAL PLANES. HERE, THE PROTAGONIST FINDS HERSELF IN A LIMINAL STATE (EITHER THROUGH ACTION OR THROUGH ANTICIPATION), WHERE SHE IS NEITHER THE "OLD SELF" PRE-EXPERIENCE NOR THE "NEW SELF" POST-EXPERIENCE. A LIMINAL SPACE IS AN AREA WHERE SOMETHING OUT OF THE ORDINARY CAN HAPPEN. THE LANDSCAPES, WITH ITS INHABITANTS, ARE LIMINAL SPACES OF RITUAL, LIKE TEMPLES AND ART GALLERIES, WHERE THE ORDINARY CAN TAKE ON ADDED MEANING. THESE IDEAS HAVE INFLUENCED THE FOLLOWING WORKS COMPOSITIONALLY AND IN TERMS OF THE SUBJECTS' INTERACTIONS WITH EACH OTHER. UNLIKE THE ACTION HERO SERIES, THE LANDSCAPES ARE NO LONGER CHARACTERS PITTED AGAINST THE PROTAGONISTS. THEY NOW BECOME STAGES WHERE THE CHARACTERS' INTERACTIONS ARE ON DISPLAY FOR THE VIEWERS TO WITNESS. BY DISPLAYING A DEPICTION OF A LIMINAL SPACE TO A VIEWER ALSO IN A LIMINAL SPACE, THE FOCUS IS TURNED TOWARDS THE VIEWER'S OWN EXPERIENCE AND RELATIONSHIP TO THE WORK....... (SCROLL DOWN)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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