A reflection on what happens when a conference disappears, and what becomes possible in its absence. On gathering, excess, and why the most meaningful cultural moments have always lived just beyond the official map.

To enter an OMGidrawedit illustration is to step into a dense, playful ecosystem where folklore, humour, and memory collide. The Exeter-based artist draws without visual references, building worlds from words in his head rather than images in his mind — a process shaped by aphantasia, meditation, and a lifelong fascination with both nature and science fiction. In this conversation, he reflects on humour as a coping mechanism, the challenge of knowing when a piece is finished, and why his characters are both “extremely cute and very dumb.”