How to be a good guest was a two-day performance in Belgrade, Serbia. The performance focused on engaging Serbian people through their culture. For two days I traveled around Belgrade and collected miscellaneous memorabilia such as old photographs, records, cd’s, dolls, political posters from the walls of the city, bus tickets, old currency and etc. As the things were collected they were attached to my suit with pins. With the progression of the performance my suit became more and more densely decorated with fragments of Serbian culture. People began to add various objects to the suit as I traveled the city. The culminating event at the end of the two days was at Gallery Progress during the Night of the Museums, where people added to the suit and explained the meanings behind the found objects to me on the blackboard.

Artists Statement for Gallery Progress
‍I come to Belgrade as a guest. As a good guest I am eager to learn about the culture of your city. I will collect the things I don’t understand and attach them to myself in the hopes of having my hosts explain them to me. For that purpose we will have a blackboard and chalk, as every good classroom must have.

I propose to use a blackboard to have my audience explain things to me. When you come to an art gallery it’s usually to look at art, in this case I am asking you to make art. The interaction is the art.