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 the three core members of Sarmad: Alireza Abbasy, Golnar Abbasi, and Arvand Pourabbasi.

Sarmad is an independent, non-profit interdisciplinary platform for research, publishing, collective thinking, and education in the fields of art, architecture and design. In this episode we discuss editorial practices and their possible links to curating, how curating can be understood as a way of redistributing resources; navigating relationships towards audiences and funding bodies; and the work of making space for others.

The episode was recorded in October 2021.

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Show notes:
https://sarmadmagazine.com/
https://worknot.info/
Golnar Abbasi https://golnarabbasi.com/
Alireza Abassy https://eyneyneyn.com/
Sarmad Fiction Writing Club https://sarmadmagazine.com/about-fiction-writing-club-2
Fiction Writing Club 2021 Collection https://sarmadmagazine.com/Fiction-club-2021
Fictioning Comfort project at Showroom Mama https://thisismama.nl/en/events/home-en/fictioning-comfort/
Fictioning Comfort, online platform http://www.fictioningcomfort.space/

People mentioned in this episode:
Tomi Hilsee
Bik van der Pol

Institutions mentioned in this episode:
Showroom MAMA