How to Bake a Swan (2017-2020) performance; mixed media

A performance lecture as a direct and personal response to the article “Swan Bake. Asylum seekers steal queen’s swans for barbeques” printed in “The Sun” newspaper (UK) in 2003. In the article, it was

stated that Lithuanian migrants in the UK are stealing queen’s swans as they are thought to be a national delicacy in Lithuania. The work confronts the idea of unacceptable habits that the migrants bring with them when it was often said that ‘THEIR’ values aren’t aligned with ‘OURS’. 

Materials: Swan cake with red sponge and jam capsule inside, oven mittens, knife, plates.