For the series Liminal Zones by Maureen Bachaus, after which this exhibition is named, the artist asks questions such as: How does man relate to his changing environment? Is it a product that can be packed, sent away or shipped to achieve an economic or political goal? Do people seek protection by creating their own, safe world? Or do they take on a director's role to control and shape the outside world? In view of the recent developments in Ukraine, the questions have been given an extra weight.
The term liminal marks a transition phase, a threshold to inside and outside, a threshold between consciousness and subconscious, a transition between 2 roles, 2 zones, 2 environments, for example between the environment we control ourselves and the established or imposed situation. They are boundaries between physical locations, but also between people and powers. Boundaries to break!