I Hope This Message Finds You Well, Zippora Elders (S2/Ep6)

I Hope This Message Finds You Well

I Hope This Message Finds You Well is a podcast on curating hosted by Kris Dittel and Eloise Sweetman. In this episode, we talk with Zippora Elders with whom we delve into the imaginative realm of curating, connecting the personal to profound questions, and her approach to navigating institutions. Zippora Elders is the chief curator (head curatorial department & outreach) of the Gropius Bau in Berlin. Previously she was director of Kunstfort bij Vijfhuizen in the Netherlands, where she has since 2016 increased the visibility of this UNESCO heritage site as a thriving retreat for contemporary art and ecological exchange under the themes of Science Fiction and Enchantment, Healing, Fertility. In 2019 she also became co-curator of Sonsbeek 20-24: On Labour and its Sonic Ecologies. Formerly she was curator at Foam, museum for photography in Amsterdam. She studied Art History, Curatorial Practice and Museum Curatorship, with extracurricularly Public Administration and Philosophy. The episode was recorded in May 2022. If you have feedback we’d love to receive your email at [e-mail]; you can also follow us on Instagram @ihopethismessage and find us on SoundCloud @ihopethismessage. The jingle was made by the artist duo Momu & No Es and sound engineering by Nick Thomas. Graphic design by Christophe Clarijs. Show notes Institutions and exhibitions mentioned in this episode: Foam Museum Amsterdam https://www.foam.org/nl Kunstfort bij Vijfhuizen https://www.kunstfort.nl/ ‘En­chant em­brace them you odd penin­sula, A gathering with love, for Kunstfort’ https://www.kunstfort.nl/en/exhibitions/enchant-embrace-them-you-odd-peninsula/ Gropius Bau https://www.berlinerfestspiele.de/en/gropiusbau/start.html Sonsbeek 20-24 https://www.sonsbeek20-24.org/en/