Sara Kostic, an interdisciplinary artist who works across performance, dance, visual art, and architecture joins Asia on this episode of the podcast.

Born in Belgrade, Serbia and now based in New York City, Sara has performed internationally at the Mardin Biennale in Turkey, Venice International Performance Art Week in Italy, and Grace Exhibition Space in New York, among many others.

Sara explains how her background in dance and studies of architecture led her to performance art (1:41). She shares how she was first introduced to performance art practices through a workshop with Marta Jovanović back in 2015 (05:56). It was then that Sara discovered the challenge of performing durational works and became interested in using time as a material.

In the second half of the episode, Sara discusses why she has used sugar in past performances and explains why she views sugar as an object that is symbolic of capitalistic desires (08:41). Asia notes that Sara's use of sugar evolves in later performances into a metaphor for the desirability and consumption of women's bodies (09:24). In closing, Sara shares some of her upcoming projects including a collaborative work with Arantxa Araujo titled Ebb and Flow (14:23).

Follow Sara Kostic on Instagram @arbor_sara and on her website sarakostic.com

You can watch Sara's work on PerformVu! Head to https://www.performvu.com/

This podcast is produced and edited by Asia Stewart.

Find Asia online @asiastewart and @performvu