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 Jo-ey Tang about his approach to being an artist as well as a curator and how these two roles are intertwined in his practice. Our discussion revolves around the question of time, beginnings and endings in curatorial practice, but also as parameters of living a life. How to work with institutional constraints and establish the practice of Slow Programming with the inherent contradictions of slowness and the labour of slowness?

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 music is by Difficult and sound engineering by Nick Thomas. Graphic design by Christophe Clarijs.

Show notes:

https://www.jo-eytang.com/ Heide Hinrichs, Jo-ey Tang and Elizabeth Haines (eds.), Shelf Documents: Art Library as Practice https://ap-arts.be/en/publication/shelf-documents-art-library-practice-drawings-heide-hinrichs

Institutions mentioned in this episode:Galerie Joseph TangBeeler Gallery at Columbus College of Art & DesignThe Notary Public

People mentioned in this episode:Fierce Pussy (​​Nancy Brooks Brody, Joy Episalla, Zoe Leonard, Carrie Yamaoka)Heide HinrichsCarol BoveWayne Koestenbaum

Cultural references mentioned in this episode:Apichatpong Weerasethakul: Blissfully Yours (2002)Wayne Koestenbaum: Jackie Under My Skin (1995)Claire Denis: Beau Travail (1999)

Episode transcript: https://docs.google.com/document/d/164FukwvVZJQT2Wx6dwKJAJAfhYRnUa4MESDx_lcv6j4/edit?usp=sharing