“Stories are not chapters of novels. They should not be read one after another, as if they were meant to follow along. Read one. Shut the book. Read something else. Come back later. Stories can wait.” -Mavis Gallant, Paris Stories.

This line from a book I recently read so perfectly captures the human experience. Our lives do not run in chapters, they are far less linear than that. We touch on the threads that make up our lives as they fade in and out, adding to the overall fabric of our time on this planet. We can close the book on a story in our lives, revisit it later when the details are more clear, pick up another in the meantime. These clips and snippets carry on, but they do not demand our attention full-time. They will wait, they will keep.

Sakari Kannosto joined us at the end of 2022 from his home in Finland. He had just closed a show, Children of the Flood, at HB381 in New York. The sculptural work in the show speaks to a future in which humanity faces climate catastrophe, forcing them to contend with how to survive in a new reality alongside other creatures. To hear more about this, listen to the complete interview.

Julie Curtiss chatted about her show at Anton Kern Gallery, Somnambules, the title of which is French for sleepwalkers. The show reflects on a strange year in Curtiss’ live that began with a terrible bout of insomnia. Although she has struggled with it in the past, this most recent episode forced her to use sleep aids for the first time and caused her to exist in something of an altered state of consciousness. This affected everything, including her art. To hear more, listen to the complete interview.

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