A stiff wind sends fierce, rapid waves up against the dike. They make a smacking noise as if eating away, little by little, bit by bit, the top of the bank. The water is high - threateningly high to anyone looking at the grazing sheep down below along the dike. The people we encounter are relaxed and confident. 'Dangerous? How could it be dangerous here? Don't worry, everything's under control.' With a cheerful laugh they drive down the side of the dike to their low-lying houses to eat, sleep and bring up their children. We highlanders can't rid ourselves of the image. Those people can swim if the dike breaks or the water rises and floods the polder. But what about the sheep?
To save them - because a flood is imminent, that much is certain - we have developed a new breed: the minus3.3NAP*polder sheep. It produces fine wool and tender meat, eats grass and reed, and feels at home on land and in any kind of water.

Names of the artists: Saskia Boelsums / Peter Veen
Project: minus3.3NAP*polder sheep
Material: mixed
Dimensions: 100 x 50 x 50 (3 sheep)

(*NAP = Sea Level)