Handwriting, 35mm film (black & white), Photoshop / 11x17”

Elisabeth Sweet’s PIE describes a relationship — the friction between what we crave, what we need, and what we get. PIE serves two, satisfies none, and seeks to release one from patterned illusions of control. Sweet handwrote the poem with a stylus, made the digital paper using black & white film, and created five different flavors: Cherry, Blackberry, Lemon Meringue, Pumpkin, and Mud. The poem is the same across the five flavors, which are differentiated by the color of the smudge on each page. Six editions of each flavor produces a total of 30 slices. At a later date in 2024, Sweet will release a special 1 of 1 edition of PIE which incorporates sound.