La Breche is an installation that invites you to immerse yourself in a field of research.
A field in motion, in displacement, in exploration.
It provides access to an investigation: how to generate forms and practices that evade the centralization and capitalization of communication channels while at the same time dismantling the opacity of their infrastructure. Through the familiarization of techniques, the tinkering with tools, and the attempt to make them common, La Breche is not just a device but, above all, a collective practice.
La Breche is a shelter—its forms are multiple.

After studying at the Folkwang University of Art in Essen (Germany) and obtaining a bachelor's degree from the École des Beaux-Arts de Bordeaux (France), Leonard Leyens is currently completing his master's degree at the École de Recherche Graphique in Brussels (Belgium).
In his master's thesis, his research practice, and his participation in several artist and activist collectives, he explores the possibilities of creating tools and platforms for communication and dissemination.
He seeks to develop spaces for technical emancipation around open source and free software. Radio media—particularly intervention radio—has become a central pillar of his practice and research. With the PL4TFORM.ORG collective, he attempts to generate forms of dodging the centralization and capitalization of communication channels
In performative settings, he creates interactive digital works as well as site-specific sound pieces.
Having grown up in West Germany, he is engaged in anti-colonial struggles against capitalist extractivism for the benefit of the Global North, as well as against mining projects in Germany itself.