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Both of their practices reflect on and engage with the psychological and physical<\/span><\/span> <span><span>aspects (psychosomatic) of both the human and animal condition &#8211; investigating humans, animals and also the similarities, comparisons and contradictions\u00a0between humans and animals.\u00a0They both felt that there was huge potential in collaborating on a project, combining and sharing their knowledge and experience and collaboratively engaging with academic research resulting in new bodies of artwork.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span>This instigated a more focused plan about how the project would materialise, who they would meet, what they hoped to achieve, where they hoped to exhibit, social engagement, ambitions, pitfalls, and also how they would evaluate and progress.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\">Hope to achieve:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>They\u00a0are individually creating new art work to present in a series of two person exhibitions. 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