Balikbayan Brillos

 Balikbayan Brillos aims to reinterpret the corrugated box sent by Filipinos overseas as an elevated, iconic work of art wherein each Filipino creates a world inside the box, sharing pieces of their new home with loved ones “back home”. Each box borrows graphic elements and colours from American artist Andy Warhol’s iconic screenprinted Brillo Boxes, making visible a practice by Filipinos around the world, a symbol of commerce, and a reverence of and assimilation into American culture.