Limina

Victoria Verseau’s work Limina reflects on how the Nobel Prize-awarded discoveries have opened doors to what cannot be seen with the naked eye and helped us understand the world. At the same time, new breakthroughs always raise questions. New knowledge has led humanity into bright, life-saving spaces, but also into dark and destructive ones. Limina contemplates this duality.

The word ‘limina’ comes from Latin and means “thresholds” or “boundaries”, often referring to a passage between two worlds. The gates symbolize the thresholds humanity has crossed and how, driven by curiosity, we step through new doors without knowing what’s on the other side or foreseeing the consequences.

The illuminated gates rise by the water in front of the Royal Palace, evershifting. At times, one gate glows pink while the others remain blue – a comment on gender inequality and the invisibility of trans voices in the Nobel Prize’s history and a visual reference to the Transgender Pride flag.

Victoria Verseau

In her work, Victoria Verseau explores themes of the body, memory and identity. She is based in Sweden and holds a master’s degree from the Royal Institute of Art.

Her practice often draws on personal experiences of being a woman living with trans experience.

Her works and films have been shown in both group and solo exhibitions, including at Fondazione Prada in Milan, the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles, Whitechapel Gallery in London, NBK i Berlin and Bonniers Konsthall in Stockholm. The art installation Limina is created in collaboration with Stockholm konst.

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