# The Black Sky Nexus Team

**Stellar Magnet**
Stellar Magnet has been in the DAO ecosystem since 2017 contributing to communities such as MolochDAO, AssangeDAO, Autark, BrightID, and Space Decentral. She led Space Cooperative, a worker-owned cooperative which had a mission to create Space Decentral, a DAO that would have been a citizen-led decentralized space agency. She has also been practicing product management and UI/UX design since 2008. She holds a Bachelor’s of Science in Mechanical Engineering from UC Berkeley.

**E. Øss**
E. Øss a writer from the Midwest. She received her MFA from The University of Michigan’s Helen Zell Writers’ Program where she was also granted a postgraduate Zell Fellowship. Her writing has been featured in _Glimmer Train_, _SmokeLong Quarterly_, _Cincinnati Review_, _McSweeney’s Internet Tendency_, and elsewhere. She has previously taught writing at the University of Michigan and Southern Illinois University. Currently she lives in the American Southwest and is interested in the ways in which the crypto community can revolutionize the arts.

**Sun Deep**
Sun Deep is a multidimensional digital and language artist and is the first artist-in-residence for Black Sky’s artist residency and fellowship program. Through her art, she explores the concepts of multiple realities, personas and multifaceted identities, puns, language hacking and “flexicology: (flexing the lexicon), metalinguistic narratives, the (sub)cultural landscape, and the depths of human emotion. Her work has been exhibited throughout the underground scene in Los Angeles. Her recently released NFT collection called “Hella Feelin it” was featured at Black Sky’s Event: 00000001 and consists of still and dynamic digital visuals. She studied Psychology at UC Berkeley.

**Giulio Prisco**
Giulio Prisco worked as a scientist in European research centers including CERN, then as a space system analyst at the European Space Agency. In 2005, Giulio left the public sector and founded a virtual reality development and consulting company, which he ran until 2011. More recently, he has been covering developments and trends in science and technology for the specialized press such as Vice and Bitcoin Magazine.

**Typto**
Typto used to be a music producer, where he worked on pop music and movie soundtracks up until 2013. In 2013, he transitioned into being a screenwriter in the film industry. As an artist and creative, he didn’t fully resonate with the traditional corporate way of operating, and found solace in the vision of open collaboration that DAOs allow for. So in 2018 he joined the crypto community. Now, Typto is the summoner of DAOSquare, and member of MetaCartel, MolochDAO, API3DAO. At the same time, he is working on the promotion of art into crypto.

**Wadada**
Wadada is a graphic designer and digital artist with a degree in economics. For many years he has been closely associated with the blockchain culture and the digital economy. In his works, he tries to draw attention to transformations in society and the world economy, mixing philosophical postulates there. From an early age he studied Chinese and Japanese culture, which is reflected in his works. Wadada develops and establishes a direction in digital art - crypto-dadaism. He tries to create art that has not only aesthetic properties, but also draws attention to the problems of society’s subconscious.

## Sample articles written by the team

* Black Sky Nexus Preview: https://nexus.blacksky.network/zine/00000000
* [https://bitcoinmagazine.com/business/plantoids-the-first-blockchain-based-artificial-life-forms-1482768916](https://bitcoinmagazine.com/business/plantoids-the-first-blockchain-based-artificial-life-forms-1482768916)
* [https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/on-writing-a-novel-during-a-year-long-fellowship](https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/on-writing-a-novel-during-a-year-long-fellowship)

## About Black Sky
As an emerging DAO, Black Sky hopes to include sub-DAOs or collectives to have leadership over different projects or initiatives. At this time, there are four major projects within the network: Black Sky Nexus, Events, Artist Residency, and a Space Mission. Below you will find additional information on the Events and Artists Residency. More details about Black Sky’s initiatives and ambitions can also be found on the [Black Sky website](https://www.blacksky.network/).

### Events
Black Sky currently organizes virtual events in the metaverse that are centered around sharing knowledge, catalyzing ideas, and experiencing the arts. The events allow a place for people in the Black Sky Network to come together and enjoy intellectually stimulating content that generates community discourse. [The first event](https://www.blacksky.network/events/00000001) took place on 02-02-2022. In the future, Black Sky plans to organize in-person events around the world with the aim of continuing to provide new avenues for like-minded people to interact and be exposed to thought-provoking material.

### Artist Residency
Black Sky thinks it’s important for artists to play a role in seeing beyond the scope of traditional methods of societal advancement. Crypto spaces are known to be predominantly male. Black Sky is promoting balance and inclusivity by getting more women involved in the community by initially prioritizing female artists who are looking to expand their horizons and experiment with cryptocurrency. Artists accepted into the residency program are expected to be interested in Black Sky’s mission of minimizing dystopia. Black Sky's first artist in residence is [Sun Deep](https://material.blacksky.network/sundeeps-multidimensional-world-and-the-black-sky-residency/), also known as Nuspeed and Cryborg, a multidimensional digital and language artist.