THE SOUND OF PAPER CRUMPLING (Object, 2017)

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Unique Piece Created in response to Maggies Cancer Foundation Brief Dictaphone, Concrete and Paper 220 x 150 x 150 mm
Unique Piece Created in response to Maggies Cancer Foundation Brief Dictaphone, Concrete and Paper 220 x 150 x 150 mm

Side 1: One sheet of A4 paper crumpled for 18 minutes.
Side 2: Two sheets of A4 paper crumpled for 18 minutes.

An exploration of the immateriality of paper. The sound of paper being crumpled is recorded for the duration of a dictaphone tape. As the paper softens, the sound fades. What remains is an evocation, hemmed in concrete. A solid monument to paper’s innate fragility.