"Artistic activity is commonly seen as a purely human endeavour, something that sets us apart from non-human animals, [who] primarily engage in purposeful activities - of survival and reproduction... Fine Art is defined as a purposeless aesthetic activity… Artistic interspecies collaboration is thus both an opportunity to challenge ideas of what is natural for non-human animals and to challenge the definition of art itself." Jevbratt, L. (2009).

This set of playful works were made during Woolley's AA2A residency at the University of Chester. Using direct source material from contributing artists and their cats to create the works. Presents gifted to their humans are re-framed for the gallery space and presented back to cats to view as the audience members. Presenting the work to the resident Kingsway cat, Bobby, the art work itself then became a document of him viewing and interacting with the works on display. This later developed into Bobby getting his own ID cards, as a student, then member of staff in the Fine Art department, and a series of formal email exchanges about Bobby the cat's employment at the university. The motif of interspecies collaboration is something that keeps reappearing in various guises throughout Woolley's practice.

List of collaborators:
Monty, Noodle, Ronnie, Tinker, Morris, Snowy, Bobby

Jevbratt, L. (2009). Interspecies Collaboration – Making Art Together with Nonhuman Animals, 1 – 18.
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