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UNBAGS IS A LEATHER BAG COLLECTION THAT MIRRORS THE IN-BETWEENNESS OF THE BORDERLANDS, COMPOSED OF PIECES THAT ARE IN A LIMBO BETWEEN DONE AND UNDONE, BAG AND ADORNMENT, IN A PERMANENT STATE OF BECOMING. USING MY PERSONAL DISPLACEMENT AS A STARTING POINT, AND DRAWING INSPIRATION FROM THE MID-CENTURY SUBCULTURES OF THE MEXICAN-AMERICAN BORDER, IT SEEKS TO DECONSTRUCT SIGNIFIERS AND FUSE MATERIAL ELEMENTS FROM MEXICO AND FINLAND TO CREATE A NEW BORDERLAND, AN ACTIVE SPACE OF HYBRIDITY WHERE DIASPORIC IDENTITIES CAN BE FORMED THROUGH ARTISTIC PRACTICES.