Threads of Memory: Co-creating healing through sensory, tactile art

This interdisciplinary project interlaces neuroscience with participatory textile practice to explore how touch, texture, and sensory engagement can support emotional and psychological healing.

The project is rooted in Lianne’s research on memory reconsolidation – when memories are recalled and updated  - within the sensory cortices – the areas of the brain responsible for processing sensory information  and other key nodes of the brain’s complex memory network. The work explores how traumatic memory might be revisited and gently rethreaded  using the hands-on transformative and healing power of craft to create shared sensory experiences.

In partnership with London communities, individuals with lived experience of trauma will be invited to contribute tactile testaments to memory and meaning. Our ambition is for these tactile offerings to culminate in a multi-sensory installation — a space that invites collective repair, resilience, and reclamation, shaped by and for both the participating community and the wider public.