The Neverplace

“The Neverplace” is an immersive art installation exploring how we reconstruct childhood memories through digital escapism. Using repurposed CRT monitors as portals to miniature dioramas, creating speculative reconstructions of my own fragmented past—scenes that never existed but feel eerily familiar. Each monitor houses a handcrafted world blending childhood optimism with uncanny distortions, where glowing pixels and overgrown natural elements trespass on pristine digital landscapes. This juxtaposition mirrors how technology both comforts and disconnects us, offering idealized escapes from memories we can’t quite recall but persistently chase online.

“Childhood best friends, the bunk bed that felt like a fortress, the glowing library computers, where pixels first sparked wonder—
these fragments we cradle like stolen treasures.

We ache for what we lost,
yet forget how fiercely we once longed to leave it behind.

Do we remember the past,
or only the stories we’ve painted over it?”

Having few vivid childhood memories, these digital-organic hybrids are speculative refuges— spaces where nostalgia and imagination collapse into pixelated daydreams. The work asks: When we search for ourselves online, do we rediscover or reinvent? The monitors become reliquaries for memories never had, inviting people to project their own yearnings onto these impossible yet familiar worlds.