My art explores the archaeology of memory, considering space, place, politics, history, and ecology. My installations, public art projects, and performances merge the poetics of the unconscious with site-specific stories that are personal and communal, bringing together cultural and environmental connections across time and space. Like myths and dreams, my art strives to reconcile the complexity of everyday life and dream-like inner reality.

“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