LIMINALITY
Kristina Chimbaraite, in collaboration with Ardava Manor, are preparing a photographic installation titled LIMINALITY.
What began as the vision for a personal exhibition gradually shifted into a spatial environment of image, sound, and text.
LIMINALITY
explores the space between states:
presence and absence,
past and future,
dream and reality.
Artist Statement
If you could enter a space shaped like a thought, you might find yourself navigating its shifting edges.
LIMINALITY unfolds across rooms in Ardava Manor— an unfinished structure suspended between past and future. Images on translucent fabric hang from the ceiling to the floor, reacting to light, movement, and the presence of the viewer. What is seen is never fixed, but always changes.
The work explores threshold states—moments when clarity fades, perception becomes unstable, and the line between inner and outer worlds begins to blur. As the viewer moves through the installation, they remain within the experience of searching rather than arriving at meaning.
In a time shaped by excess, speed, and constant direction, LIMINALITY offers a pause. A deep breath. A space to wander without resolution, to inhabit uncertainty, and to feel without the pressure to conclude.
an installation in the making
supported through crowdfunding
Why this project exists
The first image came almost instantly.
Translucent white fabric.
Light moving through it.
Black-and-white images appear and disappear as the material shifts.
It felt like a deep breath.
From the very beginning, this vision was inseparable from Ardava Manor – a quiet architectural space hidden in the Latvian countryside.
ARDAVA MANOR
The Neo-Renaissance manor house was originally built between 1860-1863 for the noble Mohl family.
By 1922, the property had been acquired by the government to function as a primary school for the village of Ardava.
This summer, it becomes the home of LIMINALITY — made possible through the support and trust of its owners, Maija Krasna and Jamie Henebry.
Why we need your support
To bring this installation to life, we need support to produce and build the work’s physical space.
Your contribution will go towards:
- printing translucent fabric panels (core installation);
- producing one large-scale central piece;
- additional photographic prints;
- design and production of printed materials (booklet, postcards);
- scenographic elements, including subtle floral arrangements.
Every supporter will have their name included on the LIMINALITY patron fabric
Tier 1: up to 25 EUR
- your name included on the LIMINALITY patron fabric
Tier 2: 25-60 EUR
- your name included on the LIMINALITY patron fabric
- translucent fabric postcard
Tier 3: 60-120 EUR
- your name included on the LIMINALITY patron fabric
- translucent fabric postcard
- limited artist pin
Tier 4: 120-250 EUR
- your name included on the LIMINALITY patron fabric
- translucent fabric postcard
- limited artist pin
- signed photographic print
Tier 5: 250+ EUR
- your name included on the LIMINALITY patron fabric
- translucent fabric postcard
- limited artist pin
- signed photographic print
- exhibition book (when released)
Theme
Liminality as a state of being – for the individual, for society, and for humanity as a whole.
The installation functions as a quiet sanctuary for a tired mind, presenting conceptual black-and-white photography and fragmented, absurdist text to trace emotional thresholds each of us encounters at least once in a lifetime.
What you will experience
The space is filled with light.
Large windows, open air, and the quiet presence of the surrounding nature. The installation does not isolate you from the world. It softens it.
Translucent fabric panels hang from the ceiling, gently moving with the air and movement. Images and text appear, overlap, and dissolve depending on where you stand and how you move.
You do not simply observe; you drift through the space, engaged by its quiet openness.
You are welcome to come close, pause, and return as you wish.
Sound weaves into the experience—a mix of subtle compositions and the natural environment itself. In one room, a short film unfolds, slightly absurd.
The overall feeling begins with relief—a quiet exhale marking the start of your journey.
But as you linger, relief turns to curiosity, tinged with uncertainty.
Each step brings a subtle shift in mood and awareness.
Gradually, questions begin to appear.
Meanings, too, begin to change.
You discover a conversation opening—not with the work itself, but within yourself.
Who this is for
This is for those who feel tired of the constant noise.
For those who sense that something essential is getting lost in speed and surface.
For those who want to slow down – not to escape reality, but to reconnect with it.
Why now
There is a certain kind of exhaustion that builds quietly over time.
And there is a moment—just before it becomes too much—when what you need is not more information, not more stimulation, but a pause.
LIMINALITY is that pause.
A deep breath between everything that demands your attention.
This project was born from a need for stillness.
If it resonates with you—even quietly—we invite you to become part of it.
Kristina Chimbaraite x Ardava Manor