I Hope this Message Finds You Well is a podcast on curating hosted by Kris Dittel and Eloise Sweetman. It grew out of our friendship and delight in talking about art, where we, two freelance curators, openly discuss and question what we are doing, why we are doing it, and open up this conversation to our colleagues.

Recorded in July 2020, this episode is an excerpt from our conversation where we discuss why we, Eloise & Kris, became curators and freelancers in particular. We talk about what curating means for us, the expectations we have towards ourselves, and our relations to artists, audiences, and institutions.

We often talk about art and we will in future episodes, but this time we decided to focus on how we became curators, on how leaving our home countries influenced our professional trajectory and our approach to curating. We also discover that we both try to make sense of the world through and with art and artists.

If you have feedback we’d love to receive your email at [email protected]; you can also follow us on Instagram @ihopethismessage and find us on SoundCloud @ihopethismessage. Our jingle was by the band Difficult and sound engineering was done by Nick Thomas.

Institutions mentioned in this episode:Witte de With Center for Contemporary Art/ Kunstinstituut Melly

People mentioned in this episode:Charlotte PosenenskeHannah Arendt

Episode transcript:https://docs.google.com/document/d/1klMeKgC9z8tmCda69z1f7QEfYonwX5gwPE-TKu02oLU/edit?usp=sharing