I Hope This Message Finds You Well is a podcast on curating hosted by Kris Dittel and Eloise Sweetman.

In this episode, we talk to Lara Khaldi about her professional trajectory, from being trained as an archeologist to becoming a curator, or cultural worker, as she prefers to call herself. We also talk about power relations between artist and curator, learning from artists, being a parent or caretaker while maintaining a career in the arts, and collective ways of working. And possibly, we happen to coin some hot new terminology: OOC (“object oriented curating”) and AOC (“artist oriented curating”).

If you have feedback we’d love to receive your email at ihopethismessagefindsyouwell@gmail.com; you can also follow us on Instagram @ihopethismessage and find us on SoundCloud @ihopethismessage. Our music is by Difficult and sound engineering by Nick Thomas. Graphic design by Christophe Clarijs.

Show notes:

“We’re still alive, so remove us from memory. Asynchronicity and the Museum in Resistance”, Errant Journal, Issue 1, Autumn/Winter 2020 https://errantjournal.org/contents-1/

Why Call it Labour: Motherhood and Art Work, Mai Abu ElDahab (ed.), 2021 https://www.archivebooks.org/why-call-it-labor/

Institutions mentioned in this episode:
De Appel Curatorial Programme, Amsterdam
Al Ma'mal Foundation for Contemporary Art, Jerusalem
Sharjah Biennial
Khalil Sakakini Cultural Center, Ramallah
Documenta 15

People mentioned in this episode:
Jumana Emil Abboud
Jack Persekian
ruangrupa

Episode transcript: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1akANXO7v3GzocqJ-Vcr83Y1wGG1s2IDCyqiJQXTkGbg/edit?usp=sharing