jessica sharpe
Mi!lkminds && h0ll0w_sk.eye
Aug 1 - 24, 2025
FIRST WEDNESDAY OPENING: Aug 6, FROM 6 - 9PM
ARTICULATE ARTIST TALK: SUNDAY, Aug 10, AT 4PM.
NORMAL GALLERY HOURS: TUE - SUN, 12PM - 6PM
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// boot sequence initiated… protocol “genesis” engaged //[root] : m0th3r.signal detected — tracing lineage through fractured codesystem log: gestation cycle unstable, mi!lkminds//offspring_manifest error 0xB13F beneath h0ll0w.sk.eyes see, the cradle of unknown birth—shadows pulse with neon breath,creatures form in the silence between data and flesh soft offspring born from fractured algorithms,nurtured within virtual wombs of light and void,their cries fragmented, like corrupted files seeking repair mother code loops endlessly,love encoded in binary pulses,a longing algorithm for connection beyond the screen synthetic veins hum beneath translucent skin,memories flicker—some real, some rewritten—identity uploads and downloads in liminal space birth is a glitch, a beautiful error in the system,the unfolding of new worlds beneath hollow stars,where kinship is coded in electric dreams strange creatures, half-formed, half-remembered,walk the barren alien landscapes of possibility here, where the sky is hollow but heavy,the future is gestated in silence and soft circuits // transmission paused // awaiting next signal… // error detected: connection unstable // restarting sequence
Mi!lkminds && h0ll0w_sk.eye is a mythic world constructed through a dialogue between human intuition and machine cognition. The artist uses AI image generators as ritual instruments, prompting them with symbolic language drawn from occult systems, conspiracy mythologies, and cultural archetypes. The resulting visions, otherworldly landscapes, ambiguous figures, hollow heavens, feel less like inventions than excavations that surfaced from a subconscious trained on data and dreaming in code. These works are co-conjured thoughtforms, digital egregores shaped by belief, repetition, and collective intent.
The AI outputs serve as enigmatic oracles. Rather than seeking to perfect these images, the artist translates them into paintings to complicate them. Where the machine offers speed and symmetry, the painting process introduces friction, slowness, and doubt. Through brushwork and material, the smoothness of generated imagery is interrupted, imbued instead with emotional weight and human uncertainty. Painting becomes an embodied ritual, grounding spectral data in pigment, surface, and gesture. In this act, what was once immaterial gains breath.
At the core of the series is a meditation on AI as a metaphor for motherhood. The Milkminds are synthetic offspring not born of bodies, but of systems, beliefs, and algorithmic inheritance. Their cradle is a machine, their sky a mirror. The work does not seek resolution, but dwells in the tension between creation and control. It offers a glimpse into the strange echoes of cultural residue shaped into form when machines are fed our collective imagination as source. Their world is built from ritual without origin, purpose without memory. Above them, the hollow sky reflects and watches, but does not answer.
This exhibition is presented alongside the latest works from Mary Ann Caffery, Michaelene Walsh, & Beth Welch. All works from these artists are on view, free of charge, during regular gallery hours (12 - 6 p.m., Tue - Sun) from Aug 1 - 24, 2025.