Abstract
Pájaros Dispersos is an art-based investigative project that explores how transnational migration influences the construction of identity and feelings of belonging to a nation, taking as its starting point the artist’s family migration history, which is primarily rooted in Colombia and the United States. Through research that combines the examination of family archives, interviews, and historical context (focused particularly on Colombian and U.S. history between the 1960s and 1990s), the project addresses memory and nostalgia as forces that shape personal and collective narratives about home and nation. Materially, it unfolds as an installation that integrates large-scale drawings, ceramics, and sound, inviting the viewer to experience the ambiguity of inhabiting two places simultaneously, to reflect on the multiple forms of belonging, and to question the futility of nationalism and restrictive migration policies.
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