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LIMINALITY PART 4: IN-BETWEEN WORLDS

January 2024 - July 2024
Individual Graduation Project




When one stands in the doorway in-between two rooms, one is in both rooms, but also in none of them; one is liminal.

I was born to my German father and Argentinean mother. By the time I had turned 20, I had already lived in four countries. Growing up with multiple cultures often made me feel like I did not belong anywhere. It made me feel alone. It made me feel like I didn’t have a home. Caught in-between cultures and places, family and friends, belonging and non-belonging, I felt liminal. 

My experience is far from unique. In an increasingly globalized world, more and more people find new homes across borders. It is an experience which is difficult to share with someone who has never had to overcome this feat. This is why I created a multi-
media installation which captures this liminal experience. 

Using footage I filmed on trips back to Germany and Argentina, I overlaid the two content streams to create a conflicting and distorted image.

Each content stream is connected to a separate microphone. When a microphone picks up audio peaks, it switches to another random video file. In this liminal experience between the physical and digital world, the installation rewards silent contemplation to properly view the footage. Just how the only way to understand another person’s experience is to listen.
The footage is projected on a large S-shaped curtain sustained by a wooden structure with metal joints. The shape creates two distinct spaces, with each microphone placed in a separate space. In this way, the duality of liminality is encapsulated, with the liminal content being projected on the fabric threshold in-between.