About me
Sara Teresa Skolnick is an Ecuadorian-Lithuanian DJ, death doula, and cultural activist. Skolnick's practice is grounded in ancestral veneration, bone-deep listening, and presence with seen and unseen worlds.Skolnick holds a B.A. in Political Science from Boston University, a M.A. in Arts Politics from New York University, and is currently a Ph.D. in Theatre candidate with a specialization in Performance as Public Practice at The University of Texas at Austin. Her research investigates the intersections of queer dissonant sound aesthetics and death ritual & ceremony in Ecuador as resistance technologies for disrupting neoliberalism. As a performer, Skolnick's rowdy, deeply-researched DJ sets reflect back nightlife's power as a site of joy and resistance, with past highlights including Lincoln Center, Barcelona Museum of Contemporary Art, MoMA PS1, Fania Records' 60th Anniversary, and Rolling Stone's Future of Music. Her work has been featured in The New York Times, Vogue Magazine, The Fader, and Resident Advisor.Skolnick was previously the Director of Music Experience for Fania Records, the label that popularized salsa music, and was the Music Editor for digital cultural platform Remezcla. She was the first Colombia-based Fulbright-mtvU researched, investigating the potential of digital music production and distribution as a subversive tools for healing the region's legacy of civil conflict.
