Ambulantes
Carolina Borja Carolina Borja

Ambulantes

Commissioned by The Alley Theatre’s production of Quixote Nuevo. The sculptural installation comments on topics such as legacy, territorial borders and mental health. The was created in collaboration with students participants of El Zócalo, a place making initiative by The Alley Theatre.

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Zipper merging your ducks in my row
Carolina Borja Carolina Borja

Zipper merging your ducks in my row

Inspired by the phrase in the Texas driver’s manual: “drop lane”, a legal way to merge into ongoing traffic. This work was funded in part by the City of Houston through Houston Arts Alliance.

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Decodificando el Bule
Carolina Borja Carolina Borja

Decodificando el Bule

Created In collaboration with Fidel Gerónimo for the Museo de Arte Popular’s biennial Arte/Sano % Artistas 5.0.

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Time Less
Carolina Borja Carolina Borja

Time Less

A commissioned work by the City of Sugar Land that reflects on the relationship between time, plastic consumption and plastic disposal

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Transplanting Cityscapes
Carolina Borja Carolina Borja

Transplanting Cityscapes

This mobile installation reflects on the idea that individuals fluctuate from city to city. Individuals group into organisms, forming part of ideal communities. These communities seek growth, yet reality is the distortion of idealization.

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Cross-Poll-Igniting
Carolina Borja Carolina Borja

Cross-Poll-Igniting

A public art flash mob that seeks to highlight the collaboration that exists between individuals and organizations; addressing the importance of growth, belonging and productiveness in the community. This project was made possible due to the Making it Public Grant from Forecast Public Art.

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A bird in the hand is better than two in the bush
Carolina Borja Carolina Borja

A bird in the hand is better than two in the bush

A series of 8 paper mache sculptures were installed in a tuck under garage. This work makes reference to a popular saying " Más vale pájaro en mano que ciento volando" and questions the impact on words due to the context rather than the words.

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Constructing on Deconstructing
Carolina Borja Carolina Borja

Constructing on Deconstructing

A Whack-a-Mole time based project created in collaboration with Amy Toscani specifically for ArtPrize 7. Constructing on deconstructing explores the relationship between two cultures compressing into one uni-pop-culture. Large Mexican hand crafted piñatas will hang from the ceiling of the 9,000 squared feet inside a prominent venue during ArtPrize®.

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