SUPPLEMENT is a series of seven single folded broadsides by John Dowd. Each collages a set of images that address a chosen topic: SUMMERTIME, PERFORMANCE, WRIST WATCH, EARTH, SUN, SOLO, and SPECIAL. Sourced from a variety of media, they are reassembled to build new narratives.
EARTH SUPPLEMENT opens and closes with two illustrations of birds. The first is of a nest made of sticks surrounded by foliage with a small egg floating above it; the second depicts a mother bird flying to a nest full of babies with a worm, beneath which is a short story about a boy who brings home a nest and is called cruel by his father. Inside is a photo print of a mother cheetah posed with her baby; this is followed by a full page spread of photographs of pairs of animals–deer, birds, zebras, snakes–in their environments. Juxtaposed, they discuss the connections forged between animals and their surroundings, and the varied visual representations of both.