Cora’s Rain House, 1994

The concept for Ernest Silva’s project arose out of the artist’s desire to create a space for children where contemplation and creativity could flourish, while also promoting exchange on a personal level between children on both sides of the border. Entitled Cora’s Rain House/La casa de la lluvia de Cora the artist created two house structures, one at the Casa de la Cultura in Tijuana and one at the Children’s Museum/Museo de los Niños in San Diego, where children were invited to write postcards, stories, poems, and create drawings and songs to be shared with children at the other house, as an exchange of gifts across the border. The house at the Children’s Museum/Museo de los Niños was built as a permanent installation within the museum space and was complete with a tin roof sprinkled by simulated rain from showerheads installed above.

Curator: Robert Sain
Organizer: Children’s Museum/Museo de los Niños
Venue: Casa de la Cultura, Tijuana, and Children’s Museum/Museo de los Niños, San Diego