THE COUNTRY

Facing the refugee crisis of 2015 and 2016 in Europe, Slovak government, instead of solidarity declared the wish to protect the borders of EU, refusing to accept more than 150 christian refugees from Syria. This decision echoed the fears of many citizens - from the unknown, from a chaotic and unstable world that they wish to hide from their daily life. The work "The Country" tries to put a visitor in a gallery in a position of a migrant entering the EU - waiting in front of the fence and not knowing if they will be allowed to enter. There is a set of rules, different for each day that a gallery worker uses to select, who can and who cannot pass behind. Those, who are lucky can enter throgh the door of this wooden fence and see, what is hidden behind it...

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