My artworks explore the archaeology of place. I make art from the unique elements that give a place its multi-faceted identity, considering the hidden voices of a place, its natural phenomena, and its program in the built environment. My artworks are objects for people to use - in, on and around. I am fascinated by the identities of people and places – in both the global city, inhabited by different cultures and social groups coming together and drifting apart, and in the historical city as a place of collective memory.

“Bornstein is a multifaceted artist who became a therapist while continuing her long career of art making - itself considered a healing process. This combination has accentuated the layered quality in her works, which is not necessarily evident in the viewing process but is perhaps a significant element in their impact. Her public projects seem to slide into place, into their places, merging the “poetics of the collective unconscious with site specific histories”, she says, and revealing “hidden narratives...”
Lucy Lippard, “Sliding Into Place”, 1998