As Serious as a Hiccup is the book version of artist and writer Nicole Della Costa’s journal; a journal in which she herself, as well as other friends and writers, jot and mark the musings of the day.

Nicole Della Costa, a Brazilian native currently living and working in New York City occupies a social milieu that intersects art, film, writing and music. An intimacy excavator, collaboration is at the heart of Della Costa’s practice, inviting fellow writers, friends and strangers to transcribe their poetry into her journal. Like the scanned fragments of writing on napkins and the pictorial ephemera included in the text, the collaborators’ own writing impacts Nicole’s experience, as her writing impacts theirs.

Through Della Costa’s eyes and uncensored way of looking, we experience the discovery inherent in moving to a new city, orienting yourself, and falling in love with the quotidian. Despite her now several years in New York and prevalence within its cultural scene, Della Costa’s ‘enthusiasmo’ remains and functions as an unpretentious guide throughout.