Skye Williams is interested in community, collaboration and conversation, bringing the public into important aesthetic decisions in her work to bring this about.
Through her use of everyday, household objects, Williams' encourages members of the public to participate in her installations through drawing and writing directly on them. By displaying her installations in public spaces, she can access a plethora of individuals to partake, which often results in interesting written conversations that are read in part and remain unfinished by the participants.
Previously, Williams' has seen a huge amount of political debate appear on her work, a discussion forming between many people who are unlikely to return to re-access the unfolding arguments. These works explore unscripted communication, allowing the participants to discuss whatever they feel fit, often without meeting one another.
Work history
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Creator & CuratorAfter Illusion
London, United KingdomPart Time
After Illusion is an online artists and creatives residency opportunity hosted via Instagram. The residency aims are to create a platform where creatives are easily found and accessed, to allow creatives to use the platform without constraints, and to encourage creatives to reach out to one another.
As the creator and curator, I run this organisation in a solo effort - sending out open calls, managing applications, promoting the opportunity and site, making graphics, and coordinating the project.
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Co-Chair Degree Show 2020, 'Borderless'Lancaster Institute for the Contemporary Arts, Lancaster University
- Lancaster, United KingdomPart Time
Directing and managing a diverse team of 25 people, overseeing website design, social media outposts, marketing & promotion, and more. Also working with industry professionals.
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Skills
- Sculptural Installation
- Sculpture
- Installation Art
- Interactive Installations
- Participatory Design
- Installation Artwork
- Art Installation
- Workshop Delivery
- Children’s Workshops
- Community Workshop
Education
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BA(Hons) Fine ArtLancaster Institute for the Contemporary Arts, Lancaster University
- Lancaster, United Kingdom
Focused on sculpture and installation, looking specifically at interactive and participatory art.