Liminal Space. It's easier to understand than to explain, but essentially it refers to the emptiness between objects, places, and beings. For my Psychogeography I chose to capture liminal space through windows.
When a window is closed it acts as a barrier. A sound barrier, a light barrier, or even an image barrier. However, when a window is open, it does the exact opposite. It turns into an entryway, allowing light and sound into an otherwise occluded space. It's almost as though a window contradicts itself. Through the simple act of sliding a piece of glass over to one side or the other, it can completely transform it's function, and reason for existence.
I then began to think about the concept of point of view. There are two sides of a window, so a person can either be on the outside looking in, or on the inside looking out. Have you ever stood outside your house and looked in? It looks like a completely different and unfamiliar place. By simply changing the position in which you look at something, it can change your perspective entirely.
There are so many factors to consider: open, closed, inside, outside.
Who knew a piece of glass could be so complex?
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