Saturday, 23 November 2013

My new project is on liminal zones. Liminal zones are are between spaces, either literally or in a more abstract way. It can also mean threshold  as on where one space stops and another starts or a space of transition.
To start exploring this subject I went to the University bus stop and started a making a series of drawings of it. I chose the bus stop because it's a liminal zone in several ways. The whole purpose of any transport is to act in a liminal space, to take people between one space and another. The bus stop itself is where people wait between the two spaces. The bus stop at university is also where the University meets the rest of the town.
After a while of drawing I realised I was more interested in the people waiting at the bus stop than the space itself. This got me interested in people and how they behave when in a liminal zone where they have to wait. This could be things like train stations and bus stops, but also waiting rooms and even people in queues.
I want to explore this while also looking at ideas of travel and the liminal spaces themselves.

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