Immigration is a cardboard box portable sculpture that explores the idea about moving in the city without being able to see where are you going. When I moved to Canada I didn't know how to navigate the system, or where I was going and what I was doing. Having my sight blocked gave me the same anxious sensation. Also, by wearing the piece it attracted a lot of the gaze on me, as it felt when I just arrived in Canada. The scale was important not only to fit my body but also to function as an extension of my body as though the boat was part of me.

I wanted to explore the idea of migration in places where water was an important element. There are many parallels between Mexico City, the place that I was born, and Toronto, a city where I became Canadian, one is that both cities are built on water. This is where the boat shape plays its part as I navigate both cities in the portable sculpture. Another poetic part is that my ancestors navigated the Mexico City in small boats and now I am here navigating Toronto in one.