EMILY   NOLA



Emily Nola (she/they) is a curator, writer, and researcher based in the Hudson Valley, New York. Working in research-based and cross-disciplinary methodologies, her work is interested in technology, mediation, and contemporary culture. She is deeply invested in alternative pedagogical strategies and collective practices.


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ASSUME FORM
EXHIBITION
2026
23
IN CONVERSATION WITH 0RPHAN DRIFT
WRITING, INTERVIEW
2026
22
SPEED POLITICS
PROGRAM
2026
21
ASSUME FORM READING GROUP
PROGRAM, RESEARCH
2026
20
THE LIVENESS OF THINGS
PROGRAM
2026
17
NOTES FROM OBLIVION
EXHIBITION
2025
19
ON BECOMING WATER AND WATER
EXHIBITION
2025
18
BIRDSONG BLUES
PROGRAM, PERFORMANCE
2025
15
WHILE YOU WERE OUT
EXHIBITION
2025
9
A HAUNTED HOUSE
EXHIBITION
2024

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THIS SITE WAS LAST UPDATED ON 06.14.26
23    IN CONVERSATION WITH ORPHAN DRIFT
TYPE: WRITING, INTERVIEW
2026
Published in Do Not Research
June 2026
0rphan Drift is an artist collective and avatar, formed in London in 1994. It is currently channeled through the artists Maggie Roberts and Ranu Mukherjee and previously was transmitted through many others including Suzanne Karakashian and Erle Stenberg. Its work, via video, performance, collage, text, and installation, explores a rapidly changing technological landscape and the implications of that landscape on both the human and the machinic body. This conversation took place in February 2026, on the occasion of the exhibition Assume Form, which is on view until May 24th at the Hessel Museum at Bard College. It has been edited for length and clarity.

23. 0rphan Drift, Installation view of 0(rphan>)d>rift, 1994, Cabinet Gallery, London. Courtesy of the artists.

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