sii agua sí
Sat, Oct 01
|Between Dolores and Church St
FLACC (Festival of Latin American Contemporary Choreographers) and Dance Mission Theater present sii agua sí
Time & Location
Oct 01, 2022, 2:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Between Dolores and Church St, 18th St, San Francisco, CA, USA
About the event
FLACC (Festival of Latin American Contemporary Choreographers) and Dance Mission Theater present sii agua sí
FLACC and Dance Mission Theater have come together for a day-long street closure to activate the Native American Heritage Site at Dolores Park and remember the waterways on the 18th Street/Mission Creek Corridor (between Church and Dolores Streets) via art and cultural events. In partnership with Ohlone leaders, local artists, Mission High School, and the American Indian Cultural District, this ritual performance intervention will bring awareness to the blocked and soil-filled waterways in Yelamu (what is now known as San Francisco) and will memorialize the 5,700 Indigenous ancestors buried in the Mission Dolores cemetery during early colonization, drawing the connection between ecocide, genocide, and today's water crisis.
sii agua sí means “water water yes”, “sii” being the Ohlone Ramaytush word for “water.” With a temporary sidewalk art by Adrian Arias and Pancho Pescador to guide…