Laura Caraballo is an interdisciplinary artist born in Bacatá [Bogotá] and based in Tiohtià:ke [Montréal]. Her work explores the use of technology to reimagine and create interactive and sensorial, physical, and virtual spaces that represent and engage communities in meaningful conversations. She is particularly interested in examining how we shape, and are shaped by, the spaces we inhabit within a temporal context while exploring themes of home, memory and consciousness.
Deeply influenced by her upbringing in Bogotá, Laura infuses satire and grunge into her work as a means of processing emotions and experiences. Her time in Montréal has further shaped her career, encouraging a bold embrace of experimental aesthetics and unconventional narratives.
Laura works with a variety of new media art forms, including 3D sculpting, virtual reality, and mixed-media installations, with experimentation as the cornerstone of her practice. She views new media art as a powerful tool for cultural retrieval, resilience, and preservation, particularly for those in the diaspora, creating accessible spaces for connection and knowledge-sharing.
For the PRIM | MAI residency Laura seeks to develop her next project “Tributo A un Perro Libre” a two-channel two-voice audiovisual installation exploring the dynamic interplay between adhd and courage in the context of immigration.
“Tributo A un Perro Libre” is the story of a dog full of dreams. A dog born into a dog-eat-dog world. But this dog doesn’t bite. This dog has ADHD. Misunderstood. Misplaced. Overflowing with love. Overflowing with fear. But above all else, always a free dog.