Image courtesy of Erin Sickler and Hana van der Kolk
The Interior Beauty Salon announces its February guests
A conversation between Erin Sickler and Hana van der Kolk. To read this piece, click HERE
Erin Sickler is a curator, writer, and lifelong mover. She received her BA in Art and Environmental Studies from Oberlin College and an interdisciplinary MA at NYU. Positions include Gallery Manager of the Esther Massry Gallery at the College of Saint Rose in Albany, NY; Director of Curatorial Programs at 601Artspace, New York, NY; and Assistant Curator at the Queens Museum, Queens, NY. She is currently Studio Director for the artist Randy Polumbo. Independently curated exhibitions include Mutadis Mutandis: Signo, Símbolo, Icono (Uno Caña, Mexico City), exhaust (Contemporary Art Tasmania, Hobart), and Prolonged Engagement (EFA Project Space, New York). Her art writing has appeared in Art in America, Artlink (AUS), The Brooklyn Rail, October, and numerous blogs and catalogs. Her poetry has been published in The Brooklyn Rail and as part of artist Freya Powell’s collection The Mnemosyne Atlas 2012. Residencies for non-fiction writing include Millay Colony, Austerlitz, NY and the Broken Hill Art Exchange in Broken Hill, Australia.
I'm Hana van der Kolk (pronouns any and all). I see dance as a conduit for knowing/unknowing what is here and now, for remembering intimacy at any proximity. I'm interested in leaning towards the uncanny, the messy and the boring in that process. Based on Mohican territory (Troy, NY), I am tending land and community. I am also often in Amsterdam (NL), was based in Los Angeles for years, and have taught/performed in many places and kinds of containers. I am nearing the end of a practice-based PhD with a collection of practices, a video piece and written dissertation titled Utopia's Stamina (which I borrow from Bernadette Mayer). I hope they will be nourishing offerings! I love my dog, my friends, the forest and all shades of pink and gold.
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