Couchsurfer’s

Paradise

Couchsurfers’ Paradise was an exhibition series unfolding in the homes of strangers in which the home becomes a temporary art-space, providing temporary shelter for the sojourning artist, curator, art and audience. In this manner, the residence’s function is transformed into that of a peripatetic kunsthalle which offers a platform for discussion and discovery through engagement with art and diverse audiences. The project broadens the scope of the exhibition space beyond that of the white cube by bringing art from the public realm to into private space. Engaging with the home, interventions are situated alongside the personal effects of the resident, creating a wunderkammer of objects unique to the abode. The art acts as a guest in the home causing minimal disturbance alongside the permanent rather than brashly imposing itself within the space.