Inspired by Maria Lassnig's work, who viewed the "body house in which [she] dwell[s], [as] the realest and clearest reality of all", the goal in bodymaps has been to let the "body house" dictate the process entirely. By creating a clear framework, the body can lead freely while the mind is allowed only as an observer.

Curious what would happen if one replaced the canvas/paper, as used in previous exploration, with another body, this work explores how through simple gestures of touch one can transmit one's own sensations (first and foremost in position and intensity) onto another body. It soon became clear that, as the "living canvases" reflected their sensations back onto the painter, a "sensation loop" was created. This was even more apparent when more than 2 people took part in the experiment. A single sensation (eg. itching head, tingling knee, pulsing shoulder) was so able to traverse through an entire group of people until being received back by its original sender, similar to a sensation version of the game Broken Telephone.

By using white suits, which were imitating the idea of plain canvases, we were left with graphic testaments of our sensations after the experiment, bringing the project back to its origins.

The project took on another meaning as it was conducted in the summer of 2020, when covid had taken hold of the entire planet. Social distancing, isolation, protective gear and clothing became the norm of our daily lives. The white suits and masks, the extended arms length distance created through the long brushes, the singular experiences, walking in circles and wanting/needing to feel others have all become already nostalgic metaphors of this particular time in our history, and overlapped with this project partly accidentally, partly out of necessity.