As Serious as a Hiccup is the book version of artist and writer Nicole Della Costaโs 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 Costaโs 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 collaboratorsโ own writing impacts Nicoleโs experience, as her writing impacts theirs.
Through Della Costaโs 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 Costaโs โenthusiasmoโ remains and functions as an unpretentious guide throughout.
