[5] Fuller, who says he has always enjoyed exploring and getting lost, observes contemporary culture and investigates urban existence through his art, while telling stories, provoking conversation and "celebrating the identity of places in all their glory".

While drawing, he explored the city by cycling and walking, documented his research with photographs, made extensive notes and studied existing maps.

[10] The artist left one of the several hot air balloons on the artwork blank and publicly solicited opinions from residents of the city as to what they thought should be depicted on it.

He said it was a "tough decision" but he had chosen Bristol University's "unique" medical research project because "like many other curiosities on the map it contains a story which people share."

Asked about his preparation for that journey, the artist responded: “The day I left I told a friend I had my flip flops and a bunch of bananas.

Unable to do the walking-based exploration on which his artwork normally depends, Fuller decided to document the experiences and thoughts of each day spent inside his 590-square-foot apartment instead.

I started the tongue-in-cheek Quarantine + Pandemic Survival Map immediately after – I wanted to offer back all the things I’d been thinking about in a visual form.”[19] Editioned archival prints of Fuller's works have been added to numerous public and prestigious institutional collections.

Tom Harper, curator of antiquarian maps at the British library called London Town “one of the most personal pieces of cartography I’ve ever seen”.