Liminality describes a state of being in-between: neither belonging to a point of origin nor having arrived at an endpoint; oriented toward the possibility of transformation while remaining suspended in an unresolved condition. As a concept in anthropology and sociology, it is often used to describe the intermediate phase preceding the transformation of rituals, institutions, or identities—a moment in which established orders temporarily lose their validity and meaning has yet to be reassigned.

The works presented in this exhibition revolve around this condition of “in-betweenness,” focusing on highly institutionalized spaces such as hospitals and laboratories. These spaces are commonly understood as symbols of rationality, order, and progress, yet they are also sites where bodies are exposed, measured, and managed. Within them, care and control frequently share the same language, and the boundary between healing and experimentation is not always clearly defined.

The structures in the exhibition draw upon the formal vocabulary of medical equipment, experimental apparatuses, and functional furniture. Beds, containers, tables, and supports are lifted, tilted, and fixed in place, stripped of their original, explicit functions while retaining a strong implication of use. They appear to serve the body, yet refuse its full entry; they appear operable, yet never allow an operation to be completed. Function is thus suspended, becoming a promise that is continuously invoked but never fulfilled.

At the level of materiality, wood, metal, glass, resin, and textiles are assembled within a single system, stitched together rather than hierarchically ordered. Handcraft and industrial logic intersect without resolving into a stable structure of dominance. These materials evoke repair, enclosure, and protection, while simultaneously revealing tension, fragility, and imbalance. Their juxtaposition does not aim to produce opposition, but rather to emphasize a condition that has yet to be integrated—a system that continues to operate while remaining unable to fully account for itself.

Within Liminality, the viewer is placed in an indeterminate position: neither a detWithin Liminality, the viewer is placed in an indeterminate position: neither a detached observer nor a clear participant. The body is guided and constrained by the space, yet never granted a definitive point of belonging. This experience does not lead toward resolution, but instead sustains a state of suspension—raising the question of how individuals coexist with structures when systems remain incomplete, truths unsettled, and functions unrealized.

Liminality does not seek to offer solutions, nor does it gesture toward a definitive “other side” beyond the threshold. Rather, it insists on remaining within this intermediate condition itself, suggesting that in contemporary society many institutions, forms of knowledge, and bodily experiences may persist in such a state of liminality—unable to return, yet not fully arrived.