Abstract This article responses to European rise of nationalism by adapting Jacques Derrida’s hospitality concept to analyse contemporary art projects from former Eastern Europe. The paper will appropriate Derrida’s argument about the mutual acceptance of the host and the guest and argue that every relationship is about the possibility to be changed by the other, by considering the Croatian philosopher Srećko Horvat’s take on Alain Badiou’s ‘In Praise of Love’ theory. By analysing András Cséfalvay’s Compsognation - a dinosaur’s view on the nation state(2013), Ztohoven’s Citizen K (2009-2010), Hybrid Workspace’s Deep Europe Visa Department (1997) and Kateřina Šedá’s From Morning till Night (2011); the article will ask whether these art projects can open up a discussion about the uncomfortable encounter with ‘the other’? It will argue they cannot change hospitality or nationality issues, but they can invite us to dialogue through which we can negotiate the gap between self and other.

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从东欧艺术中的对话美学到“坠入爱河”

摘要 本文运用雅克·德里达的好客理念来分析前东欧的当代艺术项目，以回应欧洲民族主义的兴起。这篇论文将借鉴德里达关于主人和客人相互接受的论点，并通过考虑克罗地亚哲学家斯雷奇科·霍瓦特对阿兰·巴迪欧的“赞美爱”理论的看法，论证每一种关系都是关于被对方改变的可能性。 . 通过分析 András Cséfalvay 的 Compsognation——一个恐龙对民族国家的看法（2013）、Ztohoven 的 Citizen K（2009-2010）、Hybrid Workspace 的 Deep Europe Visa Department（1997）和 Kateřina Šedá 的 From Morning to Night（2011）；文章会问，这些艺术项目是否可以开启一场关于与“他者”的不舒服遭遇的讨论？它会争辩说他们不能改变好客或国籍问题，但他们可以邀请我们进行对话，通过对话我们可以协商自我与他人之间的差距。