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Liminal Space by Jackie Gamber6/24/2023 Since then, liminal space images have been posted across the internet, including on Reddit, Twitter, and TikTok.īroadly, the term liminal space is used to describe a place or state of change or transition this may be physical (e.g. The aesthetic gained popularity in 2019 after a post on 4chan depicting a liminal space called the Backrooms went viral. An article from Pulse: the Journal of Science and Culture has attributed this eeriness to familiar places lacking their usually observed context. Research from the Journal of Environmental Psychology has indicated that liminal spaces may appear eerie or strange because they fall into an uncanny valley of architecture and physical places. Liminal spaces are commonly places of transition (pertaining to the concept of liminality) or of nostalgic appeal. Liminal spaces are the subject of an Internet aesthetic portraying empty or abandoned places that appear eerie, forlorn, and often surreal. An image of an empty hotel hallway, an example of a liminal space
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