Writing

Ten Tips for Young Womxn Artists

(2023)
This piece was commissioned by the artist Gala Porras-Kim and REDCAT, Los Angeles for the exhibition "The Feminist Art Program (1970-1975): Cycles of Collectivity."

Robby Herbst: On Art, Kinship, and Compassion

(2021)
An interview with artist and writer Robby Herbst, published in the book "The Edge of Equilibrium," edited by Camilla Boemio, Vanilla Edizioni, 2021

Conversation between Jesus Abril and Elana Mann

(2019)
In this conversation, Jesus Abril and Elana Mann discuss the role of listening in community organizing, art, and architecture. It was published int he L.A. Forum for Architecture and Urban Design, Fall 2019 publication.

Urgency and Echo: Interview with Elana Mann by Ciara Ennis

(2018)
This interview was conducted for the catalog accompanying the exhibition "Instruments of Accountability" (2018), at Pitzer College Art Galleries, Claremont, CA.

Between Radical Art and Critical Pedagogy

(2015)
An interview with the artists Suzanne Lacy and Leslie Starus published in the book: In the Canyon, Revise the Canon, edited by Geraldine Gourbe and published by Shelter Press: Switzerland.

My Tribe: An Interview with Senga Nengudi

(2015)
An interview of the artist Senga Nengudi, co-written with Vera Brunner-Sung, published in the book: In the Canyon, Revise the Canon, edited by Geraldine Gourbe and published by Shelter Press: Switzerland.

Searching for the Murmurs of History

(2014)
An article written about an interactive artist project at the Getty Villa, which encouraged visitors to explore the museum with their ears, posted on the Getty Iris blog.

Rupture and Continuity in Feminist Re-performance

(2013)
Looking back at their re-creation of 1960s and 70s feminist works for the 2012 festival 'Pacific Standard Time,' artists Audrey Chan, Alexandra Grant and Elana Mann discuss the value of re-performance as a means of producing an embodied relationship with the past. The essay was published in Issue 33, Summer 2013 of Afterall Journal.

Radical Receptivities

(2012)
Co-written with Juliana Snapper, this essay reflects on the authors' experiences with listening, voicing, and receiving within their own collaboration and inside the Occupy Movement. It was published on the Art21 blog.

Reflections on Retirement Bash

(2010)
Retirement Bash was a performance project commissioned by the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (MOCA). The essay was included in a book about the project published by MOCA, LA.

Elana Mann on Performing Economies

(2009)
This essay on the project Performing Economies was published by the artist Carolina Caycedo in her book Day To Day, published in October, 2009.

Exquisite Acts and Everyday Rebellions: Notes from the trenches

(2007)
This essay was written during the process of organizing the project Exquisite Acts and Everyday Rebellions: 2007 CalArts Feminist Art Project.