Aviva is available for Oral History Interviewing, Curation & Public Programs, Digital Archiving consulting, and Workshop Facilitation.
Email Need someone to conduct sensitive, in-depth interviews for an archive, documentary, or research project? Aviva has spent 8 years as an oral history interviewer specializing in queer and trans histories, with a practiced ability to build trust quickly and draw out narratives with care. They have personally conducted over 50 interviews for one ongoing project alone, and has been brought in by multiple institutions specifically for her interviewing skill.
PROJECTS: NYC Trans Oral History Project [Project Coordinator & Interviewer, 2018–present, in partnership with NYPL], Franklin Furnace Archive [Oral History Interviewer, 14 artist interviews], Socrates Sculpture Park's The Point Oral History Project [Oral History Interviewer].
Curation & Public Programs
Looking to bring archival or oral history material to life through live public programming? Aviva designs and curates multi-day residencies, symposiums, and exhibitions that translate archival material into performance, sound, and dialogue. Their work spans selecting speakers and shaping panel topics, writing curatorial statements, and producing large-scale events from concept through execution.
PROJECTS: Corpus Delicti, Park Avenue Armory [curator; selected all speakers and designed panel topics; also spoke on two panels, Oct 2025], NYC TOHP residency, Park Avenue Armory (presented alongside Arca's MUTANT;DESTRUDO) [curator + creator of sound installation "Angelic Hosts," Oct 2–15], "A Wretch Like Me," Kunsthal Charlottenborg / Copenhagen2021 (WorldPride/EuroGames) [co-curator, co-wrote curatorial statement with Matty Kodat, Aug 2021], SALMA SARRIEDINE gallery [Director & curator of all exhibitions since 2025, including SIN FATIGUE, The Great Game of Power, and Dream a Little Dream of Me].
Digital Archiving
Need help building or sustaining an oral history or community archive? Aviva brings hands-on experience across the full lifecycle of an archive — from conducting and training interviewers, to building the project's public-facing infrastructure, to shepherding a collection into institutional permanence.
PROJECTS: NYC Trans Oral History Project [built project website and podcast distribution across major platforms; core collective member in the decision to bring the 250+ interview collection into NYPL's permanent special collections, 2018–present].
Workshop Facilitation
Interested in adding a workshop or discussion series to your programming? Aviva has facilitated workshops on oral history practice and archival ethics, and trained new interviewers for an ongoing community archive project.
PROJECTS: Ethical Digitization Considerations Workshop with Archivists Roundtable (ART, METRO, The Feminist Institute) [co-facilitator, 2024], Local Voices Network group discussion with NYC TOHP and NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene [facilitator], Volunteer Interviewer Training, NYC Trans Oral History Project [facilitator].