Being Within explores spatial thresholds as living interfaces, reimagining space as a symbiotic entity. The work approaches ‘limit’ not as a fixed boundary, but as a condition of becoming: a site shaped by tension, exchange, and permeability.

Drawing from the material logic of membranes in nature, the installation reconsiders walls and enclosures as fluid thresholds between interior and exterior. These surfaces are understood not as rigid divisions, but as active spaces where liveliness and constraint coexist.

A silicone membrane, animated by a cluster of stepper motors, expands and contracts within the space. Through its movement, the membrane acts as a performative presence, subtly reorganising the spatial logic of the room, and establishing a dialogue between the audience and their surroundings.

Visitors are invited to engage physically. Though not computationally interactive, the work encourages touch, allowing the membrane to absorb new movements and traces over time. Through this exchange, Being Within proposes space as an active, responsive membrane: one that breathes, listens, and retains memory. What permeates through the divide? How does it return what it has soaked in?