The first part of the project, titled Visceral Impact of Distances Memories, is conducted with the support of RCSSD, using performative methodologies to collect personal stories of wartime experiences. The oral histories are developed in collaboration with participants by exploring sense memory, wherein the stories are pieced together from the sounds of everyday life, mundane existence, ruptures induced by war, and the haptic memories of surfaces and objects. This study focuses on the role of the imaginary in our perceptions, particularly the visceral sound experience as an image enhanced by tactile sensations. The project explores how sounds shape our personal stories and influence our perception and experience of memories through sound. The outcome of this investigation is a physical space where the audience encounters ‘lost’ objects that reveal events from their perspective. The visitor activates the sound by picking up and holding objects, constructing the individual story from the related items in the space. Immersed in the imaginary soundscape of migrant narratives, objects surrounding us no longer retain their ordinary meaning and function, instead falling into immobility. This concept is partly inspired by anthropomorphic characters from Hans Christian Andersen’s tales.