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JAMIE BANES

Artist Statement

My attraction to the energy of urban areas inspires a playful, 

excited examination of the frenzied systems around me. 

 Highly active environments such as ports, stations, airfields, 

or sub-street infrastructures feel like childhood experiments 

with Tinkertoys and Lego bricks, 

or voyages into Richard Scarry's seemingly chaotic worlds.  

I’ve been exploring my awareness of these arrangements 

and my position within them, making 

associations with anatomy and physicality, and allowing 

myself the opportunity to revisit a youthful mindset 

that seems more and more fleeting.