Next Week in Art Discourse:

For over a decade, Ava Chives has been a quiet yet decisive force within the Avachives — a sprawling, shape-shifting project equal parts archival repository, conceptual artwork, and ongoing satire of art-world self-importance. Often described (sometimes reluctantly) as a “guardian” of the Avachives alongside Ralph Rumpelton, Chives has cultivated a role that blurs the line between custodian and co-creator.

In this rare interview, Ava reflects on the fluid boundaries of authorship, the art of incompleteness, and the mysterious geometry of a canoe that only moves sideways.