DICE, not ICE.

This distinction matters, not only in name, but in principle. The Dedicated Institute for Cubistic Expression (D.I.C.E.) issues this statement in clear opposition to the planned deployment of ICE enforcement and authoritarian security practices at the Milano–Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics.

Celebration without fascist repression, here or anywhere.

The Olympic Games are presented as a gathering of nations celebrating peace in a convergence of bodies in motion, culture in exchange, and difference in proximity. They are framed as a moment of shared humanity. Yet history reminds us that such spectacle can be misused, and that celebration can become a veil behind which extraordinary powers are normalized and civil liberties quietly narrowed.

We reject this trajectory.

The Olympics must not be used to legitimize authoritarian measures, militarized policing, or the expansion of surveillance under the pretext of safety. Security that relies on fear, intimidation, or exclusion does not protect celebration, it hollowes it out.

True safety is not imposed.
It is constructed collectively. It is built through unity, public accountability, and an unambiguous respect for human rights. When enforcement bodies designed for border control or political repression are redeployed into civic and cultural spaces, the line between protection and control is erased, and with it, public trust.

High Performance cannot thrive in such conditions.

DICE stands for a different model, one that accepts unpredictability as a feature of probability, not a flaw to be disciplined away.

Dice are rolled in the open. Their outcomes are shared. Their legitimacy comes from transparency and liability.

We call on organizers, governing bodies, and public institutions to refuse the normalization of authoritarian security frameworks at global sporting events. The Games must remain spaces of movement, expression, and encounter, NOT laboratories for repression.

Anything less betrays the spirit of the Olympics and endangers the freedoms they claim to celebrate.

One Love.

Co-signed:


Dedicated Institute for Cubistic Expression (D.I.C.E.)


Global Alpine Diceman Alliance (GADA)


World Alpine Dice League (WADL)


World Alpine Dice Players Union (WADPU)