Top 10 Office Artist Ephemera
I’ve been working alongside artists in various ways for the past 20 years — both independently and within more formal systems and institutions. Each experience has been unique, carrying its own echoes and traces, whether or not those traces remain in material form. I’m naturally drawn to fragments that linger — the small, tangible reminders of ideas once in motion or moments that shaped a collaboration.
I keep many material traces from past projects, ideas, and experiences in my office — whether they were projects I was personally involved in, generative experiences that came from a project or artistic
collaboration, or that I simply enjoyed as a participant. Collectively, all of these traces can be anchors or create a larger root sytem, helping me stay connected to what matters most in my curatorial practice: human connection with artists and prioritizing the singular stories they bring into the world. Sometimes, a single object or memory can reopen an entire line of thinking or recall the energy of a particular exchange. These items become more than keepsakes — they act as prompts, companions, and catalysts for future work.
Here is a Top 10 list of ephemeral items currently in my office, and how they serve as memory objects.
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