Barrios' work addresses the relationship between the minuscule and the monumental, where the connection between these worlds is understood as a form of political act. In his recent work, one can observe fantastic, historical and scientific narratives -as well as formal and technical experimentations- that, as a whole, discuss the way in which human beings relate to nature, trying to decipher, contain and control it, at the constant risk of sanity and life.

Viva California Libre is a series of drawings created directly on the wall that represents the possible figure that the peninsula of Baja California would have if it becomes an archipelago, after breaking apart from the rest of the American continent, thanks to the tectonic phenomenon known as the San Andreas Fault. This piece presents a new future geography and suggest the formation of a new nation thanks to the separation of this territory. This tectonic phenomenon also concurs with a series of separatists initiatives to make the peninsula and the State of California in Mexico and US independent. This piece presents a gesture that seeks to highlight the importance of the geographic in the politic and cultural worlds. Viva California Libre consiste en una serie de dibujos realizados directamente sobre el muro donde se representa la posible forma que tendría la península de Baja California al convertirse en un archipiélago, después de separarse del resto del continente americano gracias al fenómeno tectónico conocido como Falla de San Andrés. La pieza plantea una nueva geografía futura y sugiere la formación de una nueva nación a partir de la separación de este territorio. Asimismo, este fenómeno tectónico coincide con una serie de iniciativas separatistas para independizar la península y el estado de California tanto de México como del país vecino. La pieza plantea un gesto que busca subrayar la influencia de lo geográfico en lo político y lo cultural.