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Published on October 14, 2020

Alicia Grullón

Alicia Grullón is a multidisciplinary artist working in performance art, video, photography and social practice. In the video "Breaking", Grullón embodies Jaklin Cann Maquin, the 7-year old child who died in custody at the US border, as a United Nations High Commissioner of Refugees. The pieces looks at the embodied High Commissioner Maquin proposing a new UN mandate abolishing borders and relegating the power of the security council to the ingenious peoples of Africa, Australia, Asia and the Western Hemisphere.

"Breaking", 2019, Single Channel Video - 4:13