Artist Residency: May 2022

Sky occupied the Courtyard Studio at the Old Midland Courthouse for May 2022, as the City of Swan Libraries’ resident artist.

Her work and community workshops included experimental photography, neural network art, and blackout-cutout poetry.

Sky Edwards’ interview on her residency with City of Swan Libraries. She did not yet know she was a girl, but don't worry, she figured that out eventually.

Cutout-Blackout Poem. Text reads: Then the gods wept for the earth and stones and trees. Image: Text superimposed onto a billboard in a desolate scene by a highway.
Blackout-Cutout poem. Text: "Hannibal... watching everyone with a funny look... as they ate Debby." Image: A soft illustration of a family meal, taken from a children's book.
Blackout-Cutout poetry. Text reads: "Well - Well - I don't believe just one more would hurt me if I ate it real slow. I feel fine now." Image: Pandora, opening Pandora's box. She is looking at a cloud of ominous figures emerging from the box.
Macro photograph of the native ladybug Harmonia conformis, photographed with custom experimental lens arrangements built for the photography workshop.
Neural network image modification workshop. A photo of a cat's face, fed through a neural network to produce unexpected results.
Blackout-cutout photography. Text: "What's the matter, Jack?" Pa had gone. Image: An illustration from a children's book, a parent holding a child.
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