Liminal face II
Some people want to change the world, others to expand consciousness. They have something in common, an itch or restlessness maybe, a wish to throw oneself into the great unknown, to set current norms and rules aside. The anthropo-logical notion of liminality denotes this kind of vulnerability and uncertainty, when one doesn’t know what comes next, even if the transitions are meticulously planned, ritualized and normalized. As we know today, neither the Russian revolution nor the strung out collectivism of the hippie movement turned out the way one had hoped or anticipated, even if they both had lasting impacts on society. Today we can study them at a distance, in the rear view mirror so to speak, see what they were, what potential they had - with a certain calm, from different angles. The drama is gone, and so is the risk. What is left is an empty shell, a space to step into, a captured moment.
Lenin In The Sky With Diamonds
14.-15. December 2019
Vestre Torggate 7, Bergen
Builders: Lena Buchacz, Roar Sletteland, Sigurd Fischer Olsen, Gøril Wallin
Photo: Thor Brødreskift
