Remembrance: Mapping Memory Through Bio-Interactive Media

Chanhee Choi Mar–May 2026
Remembrance: Mapping Memory Through Bio-Interactive Media

The starting point of Remembrance is the concept of embodied memory, how emotion, loss, and healing are inscribed within the body through time. Drawing on feminist new materialism and posthuman theory (Barad 2007; Braidotti 2013; Haraway 2016), the project explores memory as a living, responsive system that can be visualized through biological signals. During the Coalesce residency, I will prototype a skin-like biomaterial interface capable of capturing and translating neural activity into visual and sonic forms, exploring its biochemical composition and responsiveness through experimental synthesis. By merging bio art, digital craft, and interactive media, Remembrance transforms scientific data into poetic, ritual like experiences that reveal the fragile continuity between body, technology, and memory. The laboratory phase at Coalesce will focus on the development of EEG embedded biotextiles and their performative interaction within immersive XR environments, integrating sensory data and material transformation into a living archive of remembrance.