"The performance was inspired by absurdities born of accusations of a collective guilt. In this case, it focuses on the bewilderment caused by the manner in which the media, on the evening of September 11, 2001, provoked a sense of mass guilt that was targeted at all people of Arab and Moslem descent. On the subjective level, the performance makes playful use of a question: How and with what image of the Arab will I now identify myself?
The Blood Donation Performance was staged in three cities, beginning in Belgrade, continuing in Budapest, and ending in Zurich. Moving from the Balkan States toward the West, the local reception that I received was, in each case, totally different. I collected the video documentation and the letters, comments, articles, personel diary-like sketches in a folder.(...)"
