Demystifying Photo-Liminalism:
Insight into the Evolution of this Creative Process
April 14, 2025 AT 6:00 PM ET
Join us as holly explores and shares her inspiration and artistic practice
Gordon, Holly, Water Music Series #4988
As featured at Techspressionism: Digital and Beyond Exhibition at Southampton Arts Center, 2022
Gordon introduced the term photo-liminalism, representing her creative journey with technology over nearly four decades. The word “liminal” refers to a state of transition, where established norms are in flux and the new order has yet to emerge.
In 2012 Gordon likened her current creative process to a Pinkham Ryer inchworm suspended in space with no solid ground beneath her. Her work is layered and complex, defying easy classification or definition. It evolves organically, much like the methodical process of painting. Through all this time she has worked to humanize technology. She is part of the twenty-first-century international art / social movement known as Techspressionism, where artists are exploring innovative ways to use technology in their work.
Drawing on her deep knowledge of art and art history, Gordon blends traditional wet-darkroom techniques with the flexibility of digital darkroom methods.
Each image begins as a photographic file, which serves as a foundational base. From there, Holly layers the image, building it up like a painting created through glazes and washes. Although there is no rigid plan, her rich artistic experience shapes the outcome of each piece.
Inspired by Long Island’s artistic legacy, Gordon’s work aims to create something original rather than mimic existing forms. By pushing photography beyond traditional limits, she may be paving the way for a new chapter in the evolution of art.
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