Along with seven others I co-founded Mess Hall, an experimental free space for art and culture in Chicago. Mess Hall operated from 2003 - 2013. Over the decade of its activity, the ‘keyholders’ included Marc Fischer, Marianne Fairbanks, Sam Gould, Ava Bromberg, Jane Palmer, Brett Bloom, Salem Collo-Julin, Mike Wolf, Erik Newman, Claire Pentecost, Justin Goh, Diana Berek, Amy Partridge, Rozalinda Borcila, Aay Preston-Myint, Matthias Regan, and more.