BREACH

My whole body of work is against oppression and greed.

If I make a 2, 4, 15, 72 hour performance, it's against oppression and greed

If I make a site [LOOT] specific installation, it's against oppression and greed

If I make a public [HONORING THE TREATIES] intervention it's against oppression.

If I make a piece of land art, it's against greed [BREACH].

If I make a performance that is seen by many, by a few or [SAFE CONDUCT] by none, it's against oppression and greed.

If I make a piece in New York, Peru, Australia, Europe or the Caribbean, it’s against greed. And Oppression.

I haven't made a photograph, a text, a performative action that isn't against oppression. Or greed

My whole body of work, including this poem, inspired by Miguel James’ poem Contra La Policía, is against oppression and greed

My entire body is against oppression

My entire work is against greed

My whole body of work is about endurance

My entire body of work is about hope

My work is. About Time.

Endurance.

Hope.

BREACH is a durational performance that seeks to question society’s impact on the natural world.

Digging non stop for 3 hours, Iván Sikic creates a gap on an artificial sand dune that has been erected to protect the coast where it is situated, from the Pacific Ocean. Through this action, the artist aims to re-establish the natural coastal landscape, by creating an opening that breaks the dune and gives the viewer a glimpse to the ocean on the other side.

At the end of the dig, an excavator enters the work and covers the gap with a single bucketload of sand, encouraging a dialogue about the impact of industrialization, labor, and capitalism, on humanity and the natural world.