'EuroKruhek' illustrates various patterns of migration among bakery workers from Kosovo. It symbolizes the interconnectedness and solidarity among these workers through a drawing that maps the city's bakeries in the form of dots and lines connecting them. The artist transforms purchased bakery products from these mapped bakeries into an installation representing a form of totems.
The term "totem" originated from the Chippewa word "ototeman," which literally means 'relatives by the womb'. It is often inaccurately translated as 'his relatives' and similar phrases, but it denotes a clan relationship among people, emphasizing kinship and blood ties. In the installation, the artist utilizes pans belonging to their father, a baker, to preserve traces of his work, drawing attention to the often invisible and undervalued labor of bakery workers.
Installation / Drawing
Curators: ETC. Magazine ( Ajda Ana Kocutar, Hana Čeferin, Lara Mejač ), Tina Pētersone
Photo-documentation: Marijo Zupanov
MIDAS
Ljubljana, Slovenia
2024.