YOSHUA OKÓN

In 2014, Oracle, Arizona, was the arena for the largest-yet protest against the entrance of unaccompanied children from Central America into the U.S.

For this piece, Okón worked with 9 of these undocumented immigrant children from Guatemala and created a chorus where they sing a modified version of the US Marin's Hymn. The original hymn glorifies US invasions around the world. For the new version, the children narrate the US invasion to their home country, placing special emphasis in the complicity with transnational corporations.