"Paper Bodies" stages an internal dialogue between the self and gendered embodiment. The stop-frame animation reflects on the foundations of modern medical systems shaped through colonial studies of the body and constructions of gender. Through the interaction of two figures, the work explores duality, discomfort, and acts of witnessing within bodily consciousness.

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One figure reveals a deep discomfort with itself, while the other bears witness to this experience. Positioned at opposing ends of bodily awareness, the two characters move through an ethereal environment that shapes and destabilises them equally. Neither figure represents morality or opposition; rather, they exist as bodies navigating the emotional and psychological conditions imposed upon them.
 

Surrounded by an ocean of synthetic sprinkles, symbols of shame, disgust, bliss, agony, and euphoria, the work reflects on the contradictory nature of gendered experience. The sweetness of the material becomes excessive and suffocating, transforming pleasure into discomfort. Through this tension, Paper Bodies considers gender not as a fixed identity, but as a space that can hold beauty, duality, intimacy, and transformation, while also remaining restrictive, destructive, and conformist.