Liminal Spaces: Architecture of the In-Between brings together six international artists whose work exists at the threshold between built environments and psychological experience. Through large-scale installations, immersive video works, and architectural interventions, these artists invite visitors to reconsider the spaces we move through daily — hallways, stairwells, doorways, windows — as sites of transformation and possibility.
Drawing on phenomenology, urban theory, and personal narrative, the exhibition explores how transitional spaces shape our sense of self and our relationships to others. From Elena Voss’s ethereal light corridors to Kenji Yamamoto’s disorienting mirror labyrinths, each work creates a physical experience of being between — between inside and outside, between memory and anticipation, between the familiar and the strange.
This exhibition is accompanied by a comprehensive catalog with essays by Dr. Amara Osei, architect Rem Koolhaas, and philosopher Byung-Chul Han. A full schedule of related programming, including artist talks, guided tours, and a film series, is available on our Events page.
Featured Artists
Elena Voss
b. 1978, Berlin, Germany
Known for large-scale light installations that explore perception and spatial disorientation. Her work has been exhibited at the Venice Biennale, Tate Modern, and the Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo. Voss’s contribution to this exhibition, Threshold (after Bachelard), transforms Gallery 1 into a luminous corridor that seems to extend infinitely in both directions.
Kenji Yamamoto
b. 1985, Osaka, Japan
Creates immersive mirror and glass installations that challenge viewers’ spatial awareness. Recipient of the 2024 Guggenheim Fellowship. His piece Between Rooms uses two-way mirrors and precise lighting to create the sensation of occupying multiple spaces simultaneously.
Sofia Reyes
b. 1990, Mexico City, Mexico
Works across video, sculpture, and architecture to examine borders, thresholds, and migration. Her recent solo exhibition at the Museo Tamayo received widespread critical acclaim. For VEEV MOCA, Reyes presents La Puerta, a monumental doorway sculpture cast from the facades of buildings along the U.S.-Mexico border.
Thomas Adeyemi
b. 1982, Lagos, Nigeria
Architectural interventions and site-specific installations that interrogate colonial spatial legacies. Currently based in London. His work Passage reimagines the museum’s stairwell as a meditation on vertical movement, power, and aspiration, using sound, projection, and reclaimed building materials.