projek limina.
2021

The human body is a vessel for experience and the metaphorical between-state of the direct connection of our body-mind relationship with the environment, where we constantly hover somewhere in-between.

Drawing inspiration from the concept of liminality, “projek limina” is an immersive and collaborative performance revolving around the exploration of the human mind, body and space. This project invites the audience to ponder the changing relationship between self-awareness, and the collective memories and experiences they face during the pandemic.

Combining a real-time interactive technology and multi sensory feedback, this project allows the audience to participate through their interactions with the installation. Through the interactions, participants are able to contribute to the narrative within the themes of therapy, human feelings, emotions and expression. This project is an ongoing experiment on how humans can use their bodies as a storytelling device that binds their experience and environments through immersive installations, systems, objects and moments.

As a project to explore expressions and emotions, projek limina is presented not merely as an interactive art installation but also with a series of performance:

Physical Performance

1st movement
The Layover: A Liminal State

“Like a traveller waiting in an airport for a connecting flight, you find yourself in a limbo state. Being neither here nor there, you start to ponder upon your past decisions which has led you here to this point. You know where you want to go with the next flight but is it really where you want to be? What if you are meant to be on another flight to a different situation? What is the next flight takes you to a place where it turns out to be not what you have expected it to be? Why are you here? Where are you going? Who are you?”

5th movement
The Greyzone: as in-between space

“You have figured it out. You think you know who you are. But do you really know that person staring back at you in the mirror? You are not so sure anymore. Your reflection wears your skin but sometimes you barely recognise that person underneath that shell. Sometimes it’s clear. Sometimes it’s not. Sometimes it’s black. Sometimes it’s white. But most of the time, it’s in different shades of grey. This is when you start to realise that maybe there is no black or white. Maybe grey is what you should be. The answer is staring back at you. How are you?”

Virtual Performance

2nd - 4th movements
Cycle of emotions: Grief - Saudade

The global pandemic in 2020 took the whole world off guard, and many have suffered losses such as: lives, monies, and perhaps time. Thus, we started from the expression of ‘Grief’ as a response to loss. As a natural response to grief, we crave, and pray for the bygone times when things were better, thus ‘Saudade’, expressing an emotional state that longs for the past and things that are gone. Following up with the 3rd movement, the feeling of ‘Reverence’ to the high powers, comprising ‘Prayerful’ and spiritual healing. Bringing us to the state of ‘Solemn’ , where we will start picking ourselves up, moving forward with dignity and authenticity in this chaotic world, ‘Happily’. (Scott Woo, backbone member)

EXHIBITION(S)
projek limina
Live Interactive Installation
KongsiKL, Malaysia [December 2021]

HYBRID PERFORMANCE
KongsiKL, Malaysia [December 2021]
Live Streaming [December 2021]

PUBLICATIONS
“Light Up Your Heart with projek limina” 
The Star Newspaper, 2021

CREATIVE TEAM

Seni Tiga Lab, Unit C

PRESENTED BY

KongsiKL

PRODUCED BY

Kongsi Petak

SUPPORTED BY

My Creative Ventures, Malaysia

BOH Tea, Malaysia

Kakikongsi, Malaysia

EXSIM Group, Malaysia

SPECIAL THANKS
Kaki Seni, Malaysia
Eng Heng Tan

PRODUCTION TEAM
Mentor Jimmy Chong
Art Director Alvin Seah
Creative Director Hui Sim Chan

Production Manager Alisson Chiew
Marketing Team
Alisson Chiew, Amber Goh, Lena Lim, Jia Yen Low Graphic & Visual Designers
Hui Sim Chan, Alisson Chiew, Amber Goh, Alvin Seah

VISUAL COMPONENT
Set Curators
Hui Sim Chan, Alisson Chiew, Alvin Seah
Set Designer Seni Tiga Lab Unit C
Set Builder Maroon Art Design
Creative Technologist Khayhen Sarveswarah

A MULTI-DISCIPLINARY PROJECT BY

Seni tiga lab (three art forms in Bahasa Malaysia) is created in 2019 as a platform to promote cross-disciplinary collaborations. The three movements are movement, visual and sound.

FRONT STAGE MEMBERS
Movement Hui Sim Chan
Visual Alisson Chiew
Sound Alvin Seah

BACKBONE MEMBERS
Amber Goh
Lena Lim
Jia Yen Low
Scott Woo
Tai Yōu Yeo