“Emotional experiences are not disembodied abstractions — they are felt, lived, and mapped within our own bodies.” (Daikoku et al., 2025)
On this skin and beneath is an art installation that explores how emotional memory can be translated into a wearable system that supports reflection on embodied experience.
Drawing on body mapping and emotional mapping methodologies, as well as the artist’s own embodied experience, the project reflects on how emotions are sensed and located across different areas of the body, and how these can be translated into visual form.
The work consists of a biomaterial bodysuit embedded with sensors and connected to a responsive display. Through touch, the display is activated, revealing a series of images derived from a self-applied body mapping process.
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