Corner, apt thresholds
Single-channel video installation, 10 hours
Video synchronised with the movement of local shadows and the sun
Corner is a site-specific installation created for the group exhibition APT: Thresholds within the exhibition space of an apartment in Bermondsey, London.
The work transforms a domestic corner into a threshold between physical and digital space. The looped video installation shows the same corner from the viewer’s point of view, but inhabited by the shadows of virtual figures that pass through the space from time to time. These ephemeral shadows appear at intervals, creating moments when viewers may initially mistake the digital shadows for their own.
The gaps between shadow appearances are crucial — during these quiet intervals the video becomes indistinguishable from the physical space. When a shadow suddenly moves across the frame while the viewer stands still, a cognitive dissonance arises. This disconnect between the projected space and the real space creates an unsettling threshold moment in which our understanding of physical boundaries becomes unstable.
Credits
Shown in APT: Thresholds, Bermondsey, London, 18 to 26 September 2025
Curated by Michelle So and Robin Leverton
Documentation: Youwei Luo, Lars Stephan, Michelle So, Robin Leverton, Sofia Taipa
Third edition of a series on the relationship between domestic space and art, held in a flat in Bermondsey. The 2025 edition centred on documentation, critical reflection and an accompanying publication.
