Founded in 2008 by Richard Kearney and others, the aim of the project is to welcome the stranger as guest through an innovative and technological investigation of hospitality through text, performance, and digital arts.
The Guestbook Project consists of the following components, emerging over the next five years:
1. Boston College Graduate Seminar directed by Richard Kearney in collaboration with Glorianna Davenport, visiting professor from MIT
2. Boston College poetry festival, titled 'Poetries of the Strangers'
3. Five international Guestbook Performances in Bangalore, Cairo, Jerusalem, Kathmandu and Limerick
4. Philosophical texts and documentary DVD (multimedia)
5. Online interactive Web site