Cielo Permanente

Cielo Permanente is an augmented reality photo box created for the Origin Stories Project. The work reflects on the theme of arrival through a personal exploration of “home” and belonging, shaped by a life lived between Venezuela and the United States.

The box contains a series of Polaroids depicting places I've considered home—Choroní’s Caribbean coastline, the streets of San Francisco, and the desert expanse of Twentynine Palms. Viewed through an AR app, each photograph triggers short audiovisual narratives in English or Spanish that share personal memories and reflections connected to each location.

Through these layered images, Cielo Permanente contemplates the fluidity of home—not as a fixed location, but as an evolving state of being, shaped by adaptability, memory, and connection. The recurring motif of the sky serves as a unifying element across geographies, while birds symbolize the freedom to build one’s sense of belonging in many places.

Origin Stories project website-
https://www.originstoriesproject.org/