Bachelor Thesis 2026

Amygdala - Body as Archive

Thesis

Amygdala - Body As Archive

Supervision: Prof. Holger Jacobs and Daniela Georgieva

Experimental design Installation

Amygdala body as archive explores the development of an alternative communication system aimed at transmitting the emotional truth of dysregulated states, particularly those triggered by the amygdala.

Focusing on nonverbal design, including movement, rhythm, and visual abstraction, it investigates how to communicate preverbal emotions like anxiety and trauma, states that are often inaccessible through language.

By combining neurobiological insights with experimental practices like asemic writing and choreography, the goal is to offer a deeper understanding of emotional experiences, bypassing traditional communication methods to convey a more authentic and embodied truth.

“The Amygdala reigns, control if its ever ours, we are the last ones to know.”

Motion

Storyboard

Process

ARCHIVE : IN MOTION

Photography by Cansu Arslan Instagram

Process studies

Body in motion

The process was possible during my stay at FREIRAUM Düsseldorf, the Lightinglab at Hochschule Düsseldorf Instagram, and the Video production Room at HSD Düsseldorf.

Installation

Werkschau 30.01 - 31.01. 2026

Installation Motion

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