LIMINAL SPACE

This Mixed Reality experience evolved from a series of drawings (POSTCARDS) done in transitory spaces like waiting for the bus, or on the train. They were a way of appreciating the beauty in liminal moments and made apparent how pervasive technology can be in numbing our senses and avoiding the real world. 

 

One of the easiest and most comfortable escapes from reality is through technology. Whether that is through your phone, or a VR headset, it is often very addictive, sucking you in, and numbing you more than you intended. With how immersive and affecting VR can be, however, it is a great tool through which to portray this concept, along with its emotions.

 

This experience takes you on a surrealistic journey with no end, holding you in this liminal space, a purgatory, a temporary escape from the real world. The dreamlike space itself is reminiscent of surrealist paintings by Dali, with large looming sculptures derived from the ‘Postcard’ drawings. 

 

Once on the eternal train, you can choose for yourself how much of reality you want to avoid by controlling the world with where your hands are positioned. This liminal space allows you to create your own version of reality.

 

A further sensory dimension you have control over with the positioning of your hands is the audio. You can choose how much of the real world to hear, and how much of the virtual liminal world. Made from audio recordings done over time in these transitory moments, the audio track for the experience compiles background chatter and everyday sounds, some things repeated, and some momentary, to create an ever-present cacophony of noises that somehow feels monotonous.