Lilly Endowment Inc. and Ball State University's Center for Media Design (CMD) are bringing intermedia artist Hans Breder to campus.

'Hans Breder: Enacting the Liminal" can be viewed in the museum's Special Exhibition Galleries from Jan. 15 to March 7.

In addition, "Hans Breder: Intermedia Works 1964-2003" will be on display in the Atrium Gallery Jan. 15-30. A reception will take place at 4 p.m. Jan. 22.

Breder experiments with many forms of art including painting, sculpture, drawing, installation art, performance art, photography and electro-acoustic technologies. His exhibition will consist of one large Plexiglas sculpture and several smaller sculptures, paintings, drawings, video and digital photographs. The show was organized by the University of Iowa Museum of Art and was shown there in 2002; it is meant to complement his exhibition in the Atrium Gallery.

Breder has exhibited work in three Whitney Museum of American Art Biennials, the Museum of Modern Art in New York and in many museums and galleries around the world.

In all of his works, Breder is chiefly concerned with the "liminal," from the Latin word "limen," which means threshold. Liminal describes a transcendent reality or altered state of consciousness, and he uses his art to evoke this in his viewers.

"He believes that this experience can transform the viewer's perception of the world," said John Fillwalk. "Breder also holds that the viewer's interaction with his work is essential to the completion of its meaning."

The visit is co-sponsored by the CMD and has been made possible through the "Building the Four-Year Commitment" grant from Lilly Endowment Inc. The $3.5 million grant will be used to help students make a stronger commitment to stay in school and graduate.