Project Archive · 2023

Liminal

A solo audio-visual installation at the Salve Regina Gallery, extended into a GPS-based spatial composition across the Catholic University of America campus.

Liminal by Will Copps, exhibition and spatial music application
Gallery installation + campus-scale composition
Place
Salve Regina Gallery and Catholic University of America campus, Washington, DC
Form
Audio-visual installation and location-responsive spatial music application
Public dates
Solo exhibition, September–October 2023

The Work

A composition revealed by movement.

Liminal explores transition and metamorphosis: stillness and movement, physical and digital space, gallery and campus. The in-gallery installation acts as a center. Beyond it, a GPS-based score responds to the campus’s history and topography.

The application is site-specific. A visitor’s route changes the order, distance, and perspective through which the composition is heard. Movement is part of the musical form.

Experience note: the application is site-specific and must be used on the Catholic University campus. Headphones are not required, but provide the intended spatial localization.

Having trouble on site? If the application opens to a blue screen on Android, restart it once after granting location access. If playback is choppy, turn off Wi-Fi and try again. The work will not activate away from campus.