paolaovandoperaza
ephemera, 2022 - 2026.selected works:
001. Can’t Be Found -- 002. Pause -- 003. Boubas -- 004. Dialogue of Love with Gustavo Borges -- 005. Body as Site, Site as Blanket 006. Plots
001. Can’t Be Found , 2026
24” x 36” mixed media on wood panel.002. Pause, 2025
Harvard Arts Fest 2025, funded by the Office of the Arts at Harvardin collaboration with, Dafne Saint Hilaire @https://dafnesainthilaire.com/
003. Boubas, 2024
Time Based Media, Jumana Mannawhite clay, found objects, familial narratives.
004. 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/
005. Body as Site, Site as Blanket, 2023
Monumental Affairs, Germane BarnesStudio Exhibition, 42 Kirkland
006. Plots, 2022
Materials, Jonathan Grinhamin collaboration with, Jaemin Seo + Rachel Scof + Victor Ohene