The people I've slept with

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I have always been a huge fan of Tracey Emin, Her bed, her tent and all her embroidery pieces and even her mono prints. She's real and I really dig that. 




Every time someone asks me what I study I chuckle whilst I tell them all about Contemporary Art, and they often ask me what I plan to do after my degree. I always answer that I want to own a restaurant or bar of some sort. My passion definitely lies in the creative industries but working in catering is something I enjoy maybe a little bit too much for what it actually is. I love talking to people when they are out socialising with friends or family, the variety of stories I hear and people I meet is truly fascinating. This passion started back when I was 15 and got my first waitressing job. There is something about working with people that makes me happy. 



This is starting to sound an awful lot like a CV hahaha.


I want to link this passion in with my creative practice somehow. For a while, I have had this idea of a sandwich bar - you know those stupid facebook quizzes you can take;


"Take this test and find out what kind of McDonald's burger you are"



Which apparently show you what kind of burger you are through a short 'personality' quiz. 



I have a similar idea, but, I wanted to describe different people I have had a sexual relationship with through making a sandwich. There are a few reasons for this particular idea. 





Firstly, my adolescent struggles with eating disorder, seeking comfort in food. Now I get the impression that I find that same comfort in having sexual relationships too. It's something that I never realised until some of my friends pointed it out to me, those annoying friends who study psychology and just fucking love to analyse people's actions. 



Secondly, I have noticed that some men, enjoy it if a woman makes them a sandwich after sex??? There must be some kind of pride thing. 



Thirdly, the reason I want to make sandwiches to describe men I have slept with, is because every man I usually sleep with, I do it a lot more than once - most of the time I end up having some kind of relationship with them, I get really attached, and again there are some stupid psychological reasons behind that apparently that I won't get into at the moment. I have a good few stories to go with each one of them so I know enough about them to describe them with sandwich fillings.


The rule would be I would only count the men I have had relationships with, so I know enough about them. I would name the sandwiches either after their names or number them. I would photograph them and display them with a price to give the impression of selling them in a sandwich bar.


Im going to do some research about how to describe personality with food, maybe theres some interesting psychology about that too...

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