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colours – seen from my point of view, it is also a question about economy and the<br />
relationship between materially rich and poor people and countries.<br />
In Western society there is a lot of focus on the Arabs, Africans and Muslims, but the<br />
main question is whether the people in the west are ready for a redistribution of the<br />
resources of the world. It is a fact that most European countries do not have their<br />
colonies anymore, but still the economical aspects, dependencies and the<br />
relationship between the countries in the world have not changed.<br />
I would like to turn your question into: will the rich people like to share with the<br />
poor? To be honest, I really don't know, how the western society can adapt to a new<br />
reality which is increasingly multicultural, of course I would like it to happen. I<br />
could say: Yes, I am working on it, but I am doubting whether the situation in<br />
society is making any progress.<br />
HHP: Also, most of your projects not only involve immigrants in Western society. They<br />
also, through introducing the "marginalized" social groups into the "mainstream"<br />
art institutions, challenge the social role of art and art institutions. I am<br />
particularly interested in this kind of provocative actions. Can you describe<br />
them more in detail?<br />
JHC: I have never operated with the term provocation; it has been mentioned more<br />
than once in relation to projects I have done, but I have never been working with<br />
provocation as a criteria, term or tool. I am interested in establishing a confrontation,<br />
a confrontation with some of the facts, which are part of the construction we live in.<br />
I have made quite a few projects which have involved immigrants in the Western<br />
society, and this is the topic in our society that I am most concerned with, but not<br />
only because of the social and political implications. Seen from an existential point<br />
of view, the immigrants are put in a very difficult situation, and I will go so far as to<br />
say that the immigrants in the society I live in, are the ones who are under the biggest<br />
pressure from the divergences in the culture. Some of the moves I make challenge<br />
the social role of art and art institutions, but I do not really know how to start<br />
talking about it, maybe you could give me a more detailed question to start from ?<br />
HHP: Obviously, your work, if not provocative, critically questions the notion of<br />
legality, or the legal system. Your works, very often challenge the borderline between<br />
the established legal system and the legally marginalized activities considered<br />
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