Svetlana Kitto is a writer, editor, and oral historian. Her writing has been featured in Frieze, New York, Ursula, Guernica, Interview, and BOMB, among other publications. In fall 2021, her book of oral histories, Sara Penn's Knobkerry, formed the basis of an exhibition at SculptureCenter and was positively reviewed in the New York Times, ArtForum, and the New Yorker. She is the author of the catalog Ken Tisa: Objects/Time/Offerings published by Pre-Echo Press & Gordon Robichaux in 2017; a contributor to the books Michael Mahalchick: Bodywork (CANADA, 2021) and Duets | Frederick Weston & Samuel R. Delany (Visual AIDS, 2021); co-editor and contributor on Matt Keegan's artist book 1996 (CARA, 2020); and editor of the anthology Talking to the Sun at Fire Island, published by BOFFO in 2019. As an oral historian, she has contributed primary material to archives and exhibitions at the Brooklyn Historical Society; Museum of Arts and Design, New York; New York Public Library for Performing Arts; and the Smithsonian Archives of American Art, Washington, for which she conducted interviews with Robert Morris, Barbara Hammer, and Bill T. Jones. Since 2013, she has curated the reading and performance series Adult Contemporary, which has been presented at Storm King Art Center, Hauser & Wirth, Performa, Printed Matter, and elsewhere.
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