skin to sky: radical play as resistance opens at FCCW starting on Wednesday, December 3, Wed-Sat, 10AM–5PM. Gather Saturday, December 13, from 3–5PM for a closing celebration of the show with drinks & snacks! Throughout their residency, Silvi has woven together their academic practice, focused on body, archive, translation, care, and queer/feminist resistance, with their many art practices, from photography to beading, to elicit entry/departure into playful, new ways to interact, collaborate, and co-create. Installed for your viewing pleasure are three large-scale beaded cyanotypes that Silvi made with their body in their homeland Albania, at a residency in Kumasi, Ghana, and at a residency in Portugal. The creation of these large-scale works inspired the Co-authoring Cyanotypes program they did at FCCW with queer people of color, their bodies and mementos. The Queering Kites workshop was an opportunity to turn these cyanotypes into kites that fly. These beautiful kites, which are also installed as part of the exhibit, embody the skin to sky ethos and Silvi’s hope, that through collaboration and play, we find the translations, transformations, and portals toward liberation.