What is the shape of your journey and memory? In the Thalamus Zone, discover the pathways between your inner landscape and the physical world! 

A short summary of the project

In our rapidly advancing digital society, we have become increasingly disconnected from our inner emotional lives. As we chase external targets and seek instant digital solutions, we gradually lose the ability to enjoy the process of our personal journeys and to engage with our authentic emotional experiences. Thalamus Zone created a physical space where the invisible becomes visible, where suppressed emotions and forgotten memories can be accessed through direct sensory engagement. Just as the thalamus serves as our brains central relay station, it like a middle transport station which catch up our emotional inner heart; filtering and processing sensory information before it reaches our consciousness. This exhibition creates a pathway for visitors to process their inner emotional landscape through material interaction.

Who are you?

Hi! I'm Claire Yang, a student from Kingston University’s MA Curating Contemporary Design. I am collaborating with two artists: Ting-Fei Hsu from Taiwan and Juhyun Park from Korea. Their practices focus on spatial interactive installations, with creative works that explore themes of self-discovery.

We are an experimental collective comprising one curator and two spatial installation artists based across London, Taiwan, and Korea. Through our shared journey in London, we archive personal memories, cultural differences, and material explorations that shape our creative practice. Our diverse interdisciplinary backgrounds enable us to continuously develop innovative installation concepts and exhibition themes. We invite audiences to interact with space through invisible materialisation and social engagement, transforming how people experience memory and place. Embracing the complexity of reality and memory, we challenge traditional design formats while critically examining spatial relationships. Our practice focuses on developing interpretive spaces, fostering public engagement, and creating perception-driven design experiences that bridge cultural boundaries and personal narratives. We’re collaborating on our first exhibition and are currently fundraising to bring our vision to life! 

Our Project

This is our first collaborative show. For us, it is not only a graduation exhibition to present what we have learned and achieved this year, but also the beginning of our journey, whether in interactive installation or curatorial practice. Starting out in a completely different cultural environment can feel both exciting and intimidating, but we aim to step beyond conventional frameworks and challenge ourselves with the goals we want to explore and achieve. Through creating an engaging exhibition, we hope to open a dialogue on diverse perspectives of spatial design and on how audiences can be invited to embrace perceptual experiences. By engaging vision, hearing, smell, and touch, we seek to transform the emotional guidance of memories into something tangible, real, and present. The emotions we feel, whether connected to family, personal memories, or our journeys, become embodied in the space. Without denying the essence and importance of memory, we invite audiences to step into this evolving space of exploration. We warmly invite you to engage with this project and join us in supporting its development.

Where will the money go?

▸ Venue hire: £1,000

▸ Exhibition materials: £100

▸ Transport of materials/artworks: £100

▸ Installation support: £100

▸ Opening refreshments: £100

▸ Printing: £100

Here is our portfolio

Claire Yang | Claire Yang Juhyun Park | Juhyun Park Ting Fei Hsu | Ting Fei Hsu

Reward for the supporters

▸ The exhibition is free for everyone, but all donors will be warmly invited to our opening event, with access to complimentary snacks and drinks.

▸ You’ll receive a free publication when you visit the exhibition in person!

Help us succeed!

▸ Donate to support our exhibition goals, every contribution makes a big difference. If you can’t donate, you can still help by sharing our project on social media or spreading the word to friends and communities.

▸ Most importantly, thank you for taking the time to read and support our project in any way you can!