A large part of this exhibition is concerned with the transformation of the single image when placed next to another. Where the random nature of the sketchbook page is filtered and artificially adjusted to create the possibility of a new narrative and progression that shifts from sketches to larger works.

One of the logistical challenges of this grouping not only involved the process of placing the work outside of its original context (personal notes), but it also brings up the physical dilemma of not wanting to rip out pages from the actual books. So without any apologies, FEED ME displays photocopies, printouts and fakes as the whole aligns itself with the backpocket tendencies of throwaway sketchbook work.

Spread across seven years, 84 months, 336 weeks, 2555 days,15 sketchbooks and 1125 pages, the pieces in FEED ME are crammed with accidents, personal notes and unconscious links that are not pretending to be high art or of any real value. The work is presented in the spirit of curious discoveries, and much like the vulnerable sketching stage – to go all the way through the process of putting it all together was the only way to find out if it worked.