Gaston Bachelard says in The Poetics of Space: “Our house is our little corner in the world, as is often said, our first universe, a true universe. If we look intimately at our house, even the most humble and rundown dwelling has something beautiful about it.”

Home is never merely a unit defined by physical boundaries. It is a web woven from people and objects, memory and routine, intimacy and friction. The distance that truly matters is the closeness between hearts.The heartbeat defies the world's measure of distance. When it races, it becomes longing; when it stills, it finds peace. Even when it stops, the connection remains—transformed into a new rhythm that lives within our memory, our bodies, and our various identities.Geography and mortality may pull us apart, but the heartbeat remains the ultimate proof of presence.

"Home: Heartbeat Is the Only Distance" is an exhibition curated by undergraduate students of the Visual Arts programme at Hong Kong Baptist University, in collaboration with the local arts organisation HART HAUS. Featuring the creative practices of ten groups of artists, the showcased works derive from intimate dialogues between the artists and their family members—capturing profound emotions that often remain unspoken in the rhythm of daily life.This exhibition explores a concept of home that transcends physical space, viewing it as an active psychological vessel rather than a mere subject. It holds memories, unconditional support, and complex contradictions, forming a sense of belonging that is rewritten over time. Here, the audience encounters not a singular definition, but a collection of personal responses to home as the emotional and existential origin of the artists' lives.