paolaovandoperaza

about

experimental (art)work -- solo and collaborative work

+pause, -- harvard arts fest 2025 -- w/ dafne saint hilaire

four structures,
four pieces of chiffon,

four “trees”,
four scaffolds.

cyanotype white chiffon,
cyanotype neon green chiffon,
sewn + pinned fabric.

funded by the Office for the Arts at Harvard for the 2025 Harvard Arts Fest. in collaboration with dafne saint hilaire and the saint hilaire family.

+ “room 02” -- 2024

reminents of stories untold, of emotions not spoken of, and of fears not seen.

+ “room 01” -- 2024

reminents of saying goodbye to the imposed construction of the self.

+ “boubas” -- 2024

how do you draw a person?
how do you make a person?

pastel on canvas,
white clay,
broken, unfinished.

+ “untitled 01” -- 2024

+ Dialogue of Love by Gustavo Borges -- 2024

“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.”

Attached: Extract 1 of 6.
Language: Spanish.
Voice and Text by Paola Ovando Peraza.

Gustavo Borges is a Brazilian multidisciplinary designer, cultural strategist, artist and certified visual communicator. He is an advocate and curious experimentalist working across image, video, and sound. To see more of his work, please visit his website:

helloborges.com

+ “body as site, site as blanket” -- 2023

architecture studio exhibition led by germane barnes. the first of many works that revolve around the notion of “sitelessness”. credits to germane for supporting an exploration of architecture that went beyond “the building”.

+ “plots” -- 2022 w/ jaemin seo, victor ohene, rachel skof

collected student plots from the Harvard Graduate School of Design, repurposed into furniture through a paper pulp process and clear elmer’s glue.

dried,

compressed, assembled with tacky glue.

green dyed paper pulp

pink dyed paper pulp

natural paper pulp

kit of parts: image by jaemin seo

final product. image by jaemin seo

final product: image by jaemin seo