Patricia Carolina (MX) is an artist and organizer based in Oslo. She works primarily with video, text and textile. Intricately weaving together ideas on language, progress and loss, her practice follows the relation between water infrastructures, vulnerability and displacement, from a flooded village in northern Mexico to a water sanitation plant by Oslo fjord.
In 2022, Carolina became an active member of the mutual support network Verdensrommet for migrant artists in Norway. She graduated from the Iceland University of the Arts (BA 2019) and Kunsthøgskolen i Oslo (MFA 2022).
Verdensrommet is a grassroots and volunteer-led group of 200+ non-EU/EEA creative professionals across Norway. It was founded in 2020, amid the immigration uncertainty and precarious working conditions aggravated by the COVID pandemic. Over the years, the network has tried to respond to the evolving needs of precarized artists in the country, from building literacy on the constant changes in immigration policies, to promoting mutual support and allyship. Currently, Verdensrommet is partnering with other grassroots initiatives in Norway, Finland, Lithuania, Sweden, Denmark and others.
(1) “Verdensrommet Retirement Rave at the First Supper Symposium” - credits: Stacey de Voe, Rodrigo Ghattas-Pérez, Sarah Kazmi.
(2) “Mutual support and artist-powered Infrastructures” panelists: Paola Jalili, Marea Lazzara, Marie Skeie, Itzel Esquivel. Photo credit: Ghazaal Nasiri.
(3) performance by Marin Shamov We hope you will apply again at V Festival by Verdensrommet. Photo credit: Johanna Chia-yu Lin
(4) “Free Printable Protest Banners” Stop student fees for non EU/EEA campaign 2022 - credits: Verdensrommet and Tansiyu Chen
