The Sky at Moriarty is a collaborative Image in Context class project led by visiting artist Aaron Krach. This crowdsourcing project asks students to find the Sky in Moriarty Library. The library is sited in a former church. The church has stained glass windows that filter light from the heavens. Through the panes of leaded glass viewers can see the sky. We think of the sky as positioned outdoors, but the sky also exists within the space of the library, represented in landscape paintings and drawings, film and video stills, photographs, animation cells, and illustrated books. When we look at images of the sky we often think of beauty, nature, or spirituality. But what does a sky image represent, really? When we see sky images positioned in books, do we just admire them, or do we consider the source?

The image and data gathering will produce: A bound artist book containing every image sourced, including citation, and documentation of all participants. Bookflags in the library stacks, “flagging” the books where sky images were found. A site specific installation of twenty-five selected sky images displayed in Moriarty. And Sky Fragments, an unbound codex for distribution. A series of bookmarks featuring sky images that, when stored in the plastic sleeves provided, function as a take-away that can disperse throughout the LUCAD community.

Lisa Young, Assistant Professor
Foundation/Fine Arts, and Interdisciplinary Arts