Alexis Direse

My Body

I have always been focused on the tactile aspect of art in both the experience of it and the creation of it. Touch can ground someone to the surrounding environment and connect people with each other, it is a bond. During this time of the Pandemic, we have been deprived of touch, with one another and with public space. I see my body as a tool to touch and as something to be touched. This project My Body is a web experience about the impression that my body leaves and how it is represented through different materials and space. My Body is an attempt to continue to engage with touch in a touch-deprived time and showcase the lasting mark of my body in physical space.