"The best way to define dissociation is through the experience of it. In its mildest forms, it manifests as a kind of spaciness. At the other end of the spectrum, it can develop into a so-called multiple personality syndrome. Because dissociation is a breakdown in the continuity of a person’s felt sense, it almost always includes distortions of time and perception. A mild variety of this symptom is responsible for the experience many people have when driving home from the corner store; suddenly, they find themselves arriving home with no memory of how they got there…” (Levine, 1997).

The In-Between is an installation piece that aims to convey the visual and sensory experience of dissociation. As a means of portraying the disconnect that occurs between the mind and body, as well as time and space when dissociating, this work is intended to act as a sort of veil by means of blurring the viewer’s mind and eyes as they struggle to read and interact with it. Using text that has been written in the artist’s own states of dissociation, the text attempts to articulate this out-of-body experience, yet it gets more and more lost behind each layer of fabric. As such, the obfuscation in this work encapsulates the lost sense of self that occurs during dissociation, and portrays the daze that sets in during these periods. Furthermore, as the fabric hangs in the air, it attempts to convey this sense of liminality—in-between a conscious and subconscious realm.

Reference: Levine, P. A. (1997). Waking the Tiger. Berkley, California: North Atlantic Books.