For her latest exhibition at The Approach Emma Kay attempts to recall and record the entire law of the land. Seven large-scale printed text panels document every British legal act that Kay can think of, from the Criminal Justice Act to the Food Safety and Dangerous Wild Animals Acts. Kay writes her own version of existing texts without recourse to any legal reference material, relying solely on personal memory and her own sense of the laws that govern society. The inevitable subjectivity of this endeavour reveals the personal as political. The text, which alphabetically lists a total of eighty four acts, reflects the extent to which one is conscious of a legal framework and how close law is to a sense of morality. 

The unreliable and subjective nature of memory is central to Emma Kay's practice. A critique of the authority of historical documentation as well as an investigation of authorship are implicit within her work. Previous works have addressed a variety of major subjects, including Shakespeare's plays, the Bible and the history of the world.

Emma Kay has exhibited in a number of group and solo shows. Recent group exhibitions include; Biennale of Sydney, Australia  (2002),  ‘September Horse’, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin (2002), ‘The Fact Show: Conceptual Art Today’, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pennsylvania (2001) and ‘ARS 01’, Kiasma, Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki (2001). Solo shows include; UCLA Hammer Museum, Los Angeles (2001) and ‘The Future From Memory’ Chisenhale Gallery, London and Laing Gallery, Newcastle  (2001).