paolaovandoperaza
ephemera, 2022 - 2025.selected works: 001. Pause -- 002. Boubas -- 003. Dialogue of Love with Gustavo Borges -- 004. Body as Site, Site as Blanket 005. Plots
001. Pause, 2025
Harvard Arts Fest 2025, funded by the Office of the Arts at Harvardin collaboration with, Dafne Saint Hilaire @https://dafnesainthilaire.com/
002. Boubas, 2024
Time Based Media, Jumana Mannawhite clay, found objects, familial narratives.
003. Dialogue of Love, 2024
Language: Spanish.
Voice and Text by Paola Ovando Peraza.
“Through sound, the project asks: what does love feel like when stripped of common language? How does it echo across cultures, accents, and personal memory?
[he] handed the recorder to six Harvard GSD students, asking them to speak freely about love, but with one rule: no English. The result was a symphony of vulnerability across second languages, mother tongues, and emotional dialects.
The recordings became raw material for a sonic composition. Using Ableton, a Juno 106 synthesizer, ambient textures, and layered samples, I composed a musical piece that blurs the line between spoken word, memory, and synthesized emotion. It’s experimental, messy, melodic, and just maybe, a little bit romantic.”
In collaboration with Gustavo Borges @https://helloborges.com/
004. Body as Site, Site as Blanket, 2023
Monumental Affairs, Germane BarnesStudio Exhibition, 42 Kirkland
005. Plots, 2022
Materials, Jonathan Grinhamin collaboration with, Jaemin Seo + Rachel Scof + Victor Ohene