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Installation
Studio Kura, Itoshima, Japan
material
paper and video
size
various
This project was generously supported by Stichting Stokroos and Stichting Gerbrandy CultuurFonds
FOLDING THOUGHTS
For Folding Thoughts, I asked residents of Itoshima, Japan, to fold a pattern piece of traditional Japanese paper clothing (kamiko) in such a way that it would fit into an octagon-shaped vessel that I had given them. Carbon paper traced their movements—creating an imprint of each action.
Displayed together, the variations in folding techniques and different approaches to the exercise created a communal trace, a pattern of thoughts.
For Folding Thoughts, I asked residents of Itoshima, Japan, to fold a pattern piece of traditional Japanese paper clothing (kamiko) in such a way that it would fit into an octagon-shaped vessel that I had given them. Carbon paper traced their movements—creating an imprint of each action.
Displayed together, the variations in folding techniques and different approaches to the exercise created a communal trace, a pattern of thoughts.