Spatial metaphors help us communicate and understand our experiences in the world. Through drawing, printmaking, and animations, I create illusionistic spaces in this series that serve as analogies for the space of my consciousness.
In the Threshold series, I frequently use similar symbols such as chairs, doorframe-like structures, mirrors, and vast empty spaces, such as oceans, deserts, or abandoned architectural forms. Although each symbol’s meaning can change based on its context and the specific piece, each has its own general significance. Chairs are usually symbolic placeholders for human presence, although their emptiness simultaneously emphasizes absence. Doorframe-like structures are references to the concept of a threshold, which is a transitional region between an interior and exterior space. This also connects to the concept of liminality within identity. Mirrors function similarly, creating regions that exist as their own new perspectives, yet are inaccessible and depend on their surroundings. The somber, ominous landscapes mimic the vastness and isolation of individual experience. The stillness of these spaces can be peaceful as well.
These symbols work together to create spaces between the real and imagined. The spaces I create depict a threshold area between the fragile distinctions of subject and object, mind and body, and other simplified categories.
