not here nor there

by: mabel and lidija
when: october 11, 2026
where: lidija's apartment

about the exhibition

an exhibition about transitions and the in-betweens

mabel and I both love photography, and we often talk about it. yet somehow neither of us does it consistently. one day, we decided to give ourselves permission to start and (kind of) finish a photo exhibition.
since mabel and I are both constantly in transition, there couldn’t have been a better topic for our first exhibition. we called it “not here nor there”. we built the concept, changed the concept, avoided a last-minute meltdown while hanging the photos, and now we’re ready to host our friends in my apartment and share this online version with anyone who has time to scroll and linger in the in-between with us.
written by lidija

room 01bedroom

here not there

2 walls · 11 photographs

wall 01

the one across the bed

mabel

5 photographs

a quiet street with a bike lane between apartment blocks

a figure standing on top of a volcanic ridge

people waiting on an elevated train platform

a man riding an escalator down, a woman waiting at the bottom

a young man sitting in a sunlit room, the eiffel tower small in the window

wall 02

the one with the bed

lidija

6 photographs

a field of dry sunflowers under a row of trees

black and white sunflowers bowing their heads

black and white: the eiffel tower fading into fog over the river

a black dog out of focus behind a streak of red

a black dog at a window, a red edge in the frame

end of room 01

there’s one more room, there not here, just through the door ↓

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room 02

there not here

3 walls · 33 photographs

wall 01

mabel

5 photographs

wall 02

lidija

2 photographs

wall 03

lidija

26 photographs

back in the hallway

mabel and lidija are in the kitchen, just down the hall ↓

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the kitchen

meet mabel and lidija.

mabel

“mabel is a person who brings joy to the people around her, she’s creative, kind, and absolutely amazing to be around and have long, deep conversations with. right now, like many of us, she’s living in between, in a place of uncertainty, in the not here nor there.
“looking at her photos, I always feel a sense of awe. sometimes, though, it’s hard to trust yourself and simply do what you love, but with this exhibition, mabel is allowing herself (and inviting you) to be loud, and not just whisper.”
written by lidija

[ mabel_on_instagram → ]

lidija

“lidija is creative, daring and kind. her photographs offer a glimpse into the soulful world she inhabits, inviting us to look a little closer and stay a while.
“she is curious about what might happen if we gave ourselves permission to try without worrying about getting things right. through nofinalversion, she puts that curiosity into practice, inviting us to explore, to change, and to begin before we feel ready.”
written by mabel

[ lidija_on_instagram → ]

also in the kitchen

about nofinalversion.

“nofinalversion has been starting since 2017, more or less. through every version I called v0, v1 or v2, it stayed private: something I kept starting and never finishing. this v2 simply means it goes public. it also comes with a slightly more consistent answer to ‘so what is nofinalversion?’, though that answer keeps changing too.
“this exhibition is the first project of the public nofinalversion.”
written by lidija

not herenor there

an exhibition about transitions and the in-betweens

here not there

there not here

meet mabel and lidija.

mabel

lidija

about nofinalversion.

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