Paper Story is a temporary public art project rooted in exploring our perception of value. How do we place value on aspects of the world we live in? For this project, invasive & common weeds were collected and donated by Bridgeland-Riverside community members which were then processed with cotton fibre to make paper pulp.
Eight workshops were hosted engaging over 80 participants in immersive papermaking.
Installation & Exhibit: With hundreds of handmade paper sheets on display, they were hung from the ceiling beams, delicately swaying as visitors walked past and fibres becoming beautifully translucent in the light at sunset. The Paper Story installation was dismantled at the end of the closing reception and visitors were invited to take sheets home. Weeds gathered from the neighbourhood were transformed both physically and in value, the paper now becoming an invited guest into the homes of Bridgeland-Riverside.
Paper Story is a project in partnership with the Bridgeland-Riverside Community Association, supported by the Calgary Arts Development.
