Liminalism: The Art of Knowing No Thing
New Book By Based Upon Enters The Space Between And Beyond
Liminalism, our new book published by Hurtwood, marks twenty years of artistic practice.
Following on from our award-winning publication Manual, Liminalism reflects on the liminal space between objects, ideas and experiences, exploring truths that exist beyond those things which can be named.
Over the past two decades, we have sought to translate that which is precious into form. This philosophy extends across Liminalism, presenting as a visual and conceptual journey through the landscapes, moments and ideas that have shaped our work.
The non-linear pages of paired images and texts invite viewers to explore the work through live indexing. In bringing awareness to the liminal space between these pairings, each viewer creates their own exhibition.
“Liminalism is the art of knowing no thing. It is being able to sense that things are not independent entities but vertices in a vast and complex geometry. It’s marvelling at the evolving nature of a thing through time and musing on what remains as it changes state in the oscillating flow of emergence and entropy.”
Ian Abell, Based Upon
Meagan Kelly Horseman, Managing Director of Christie's Middle East, provides a foreword for the publication and comments, "Based Upon's practice straddles the physical and the conceptual. Deeply rooted within both, they transform memories, myth and meaning into reality. Getting to know Based Upon, it became clear that this meaningful response is imperative to who they are and what they do.
Perhaps they would describe it as Truth."
