"Traversal: Performing Space" was a performative, photographic and narrative work, that I completed in my last year of study at Concordia University. I wanted to explore how we interact with various contemporary scientific classifications of space and how they could make one feel.

Starting with the idea of "performing liminality," the project became an adventure across various dimensions (1D to Non-Euclidean), and I reflected upon my experience and feelings in each of these spaces. As I situated myself in each dimension, I aimed to communicate the unique aspects of these spaces. For example, in 1D space, I juxtaposed myself with a tree to represent a singular point in a vast natural network. In 2D space, the metro symbolized a lack of autonomy of space, or being forced to share your space in unrealistic ways (think rush hour). Transitions between dimensional spaces were a bit more playful, and occurred in alleys behind Montreal apartments, throughout the city, acting as portals between the familiar and unfamiliar. I attempted to represent my disorientation in unfamiliar alley spaces through body duplications. The exploration reaches a climax in non-Euclidean space, symbolizing my fear of confronting an unknown reality, represented through distorted forms and collision with a car. The journey concludes in a deliberately contrasting familiar space, symbolizing our human habit to mask and transform spaces with material distractions. "Traversal" draws attention to overly-commercialized spaces and material obsession, and advocates for a more pluralistic understanding of space beyond the binary of familiar and unfamiliar.