Dobrodošli/Welcome/Willkommen

The performance Dobrodošli/Welcome/Willkommen
arose as a spontaneous reaction to the humiliations suffered by
citizens of non-EU countries, irrespective of their age, sex, or
occupation, during the process of attempting to get a visa at the
embassies of the countries they wish or have to travel to. The
performer reconstructs the procedure, including numerous irrelevant and
indiscreet questions, by issuing visas to visitors of her exhibition
based on completed forms. The objective of her first performance in
2007 was to sharply criticise the EU visa policy, whereas in the
current political context she calls attention to authorities who blame
others, i.e. foreigners, for many mistakes and problems. The
consequences of these mistakes, which are mainly made by people in
positions of power, are not felt by those in power, but rather
exclusively by those who voted for them, having a desire for better
things, and not vice versa. Dunja Kukovec