31 October – 31 December 2004

venues:
BAK, basis voor actuele kunst, Lange Nieuwstraat 4, Utrecht
Centraal Museum—Post CM, Agnietenstraat 2, Utrecht
opening hours:
Tue-Sun 11.00 - 17.00 hours, Wed 11.00 - 21.00 hours
entrance fee : € 3
project guide : € 3

Cordially Invited is an international exhibition as well as a series of discussions, presentations and screenings (developed in collaboration with Nomads & Residents, IDFA, and Prince Claus Fund) around the themes of hospitality vis-a vis a topic of major political and ethical consequence: migration. The project explores these issues through the notion of a cordial invitation, understood here as a symbolikc tool which can be used to negotiate between two imginary, unattainable ideals: the unrestricted right to move across political and economic boundaries, and the unqualified acceptance such rights imply. 

Participating artists, artists' collectives, and cultural producers:
Academic Traning Group, Francis Al˙s, Jože Barši, Otto Berchem, Monica Bonvicini, Mona Hatoum, Július Koller, Jiří Kovanda, Denisa Lehocká, Mapping Worlds, Roman Ondák, Boris Ondreička, Amalia Pica, Wilfredo Prieto García, Marko Raat, Mindaugas Ratavicius/Giedrius Kumetaitis, Jeroen de Rijke/Willem de Rooij, Ene-Liis Semper, Monika Sosnowska, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, and Nomads & Residents (with work by Pablo Helguera, Lisl Ponger, Dan Perjovschi, Lia Perjovschi, Vangelis Vlahos, Grenzeloos Kijken  (a project by Stichting Kunst en Cultuur Zuid-Holland), and others.

Curators:Maria Hlavajova and Gerardo Mosquera