Sprouted

The liminal space

Liminal comes from the Latin noun "limen" meaning "threshold”. It refers to the condition of being on a threshold; or at the beginning of a process.

In anthropology, liminal refers to the middle stage of rituals, when participants no longer hold their pre-ritual status but have not yet begun the transition to the status they will hold when the ritual is complete. They stand ‘at the threshold’ between their previous way of structuring their identity, time, or community; and a new expression.

These works are about the potential for growth in the “in-between” places. By mixing charcoal, ink, water, paint and oils, boundaries are blurred and new solutions are possible. The liminal space is filled with ambiguities and contradictions, disruption and disorientation. I believe discomfort can be endured if there is hope for growth. Images of botanical and anatomical growth are overlapped to signify these liminal states.