Bahamian artist Michael Edwards answers this week's 20 Questions from The Nassau Guardian's Arts&Culture.

1. What's been your most inspirational moment in the last five years?
Difficult to say. Most recently sharing the road with a 91-year-old who ran 26.2 miles - I didn't make it quite that far.

2. What's your least favorite piece of artwork?
Can't think of any.

3. What's your favorite period of art history?
Mid 20th century - Abstract Expressionism.

4. What are your top 5 movies of all time?
o Schindler's List
o The Usual Suspects
o The Shawshank Redemption
o Being John Malkovich
o The last name escapes me right now but it was by Ingmar Bergman

5. Coffee or tea?
I try to limit my caffeine intake as much as possible.

6. What book are you reading now?
"Wilderness and The American Mind" - great read.

7. What project are you working on now?
An environmental public art initiative to commemorate the country's 40th year of independence. It will be inter-disciplinary in nature for a systems thinking approach in order to regenerate and draw people to the proposed site.

8. What's the last show that surprised you?
Don't recall - sorry.

9. Saxons, One Family, Valley Boys or Roots?
None - they are distracted by the parade competition.

10. If you had to be stranded on one Family Island which one would it be?
Lutra.

11. What's the most memorable artwork you've ever seen?
That's a tough one. Perhaps Cloaca - Art(ificial) Shit Machine.

12. Which artist do you have a secret crush on?
None.

13. If you could have lunch with anyone who would it be?
Hedley Edwards - such creative vision and hustle.

14. Who do you think is the most important Bahamian in the country's history?
In terms of the modern economic model - perhaps give the nod to Sir Stafford Sands. It has not been challenged up to this point but I suspect it will be soon.

15. Who is your favorite living artist?
Don't have one as yet.

16. Sunrise or Sunset?
The former.

17. What role does the artist have in society?
To challenge the status quo;
To reimage and represent narratives;
To hold up a different lens through which to experience things;
To broaden the concept of creativity.

18. What's your most embarrassing moment?
The first day of repeating the eighth grade.

19. What wouldn't you do without?
Peanut Butter.

20. What's your definition of beauty?
Number 16 - early morning run watching the sun break the horizon.

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