CMS invited lecture series #48: Liminality mit Tilen Lebar | Koordination Andreas Weixler

Limen & Liminality

The lecture intends to present a cycle of works by Limen in its initial thought inspired by anthropologist Arnold van Gennep. We will look into the phenomenon of liminal spaces (as part of urban and architectural development) and the phenomena of anemoia and kenopsia that define the psychological and psychophysiological responses of the individuals intertwined with the liminal spaces. Furthermore, we will draw a relation between the memory response and consolidation to the perception of the transitional stage of the liminal duration which is in the theory of A. van Gennep structured into three parts (pre-liminal, liminal, post-liminal).
We will focus on the second part – the liminal stage itself which is perceived differently within the variety of cultures and could be effectively incorporated into the compositional practice where the theory of informational consolidation becomes limited, the sonic environment becomes a spatialized object, spatialization represents a mystical symbolism and the transitional material.