I'M A PAPERHOLIC
Where to start when talking about obsessions? Are they good or damaging? The word obsession is another one that cannot mean one simple thing, it manifests itself differently from one person to the other. In some cultures, it is used in the sense of ‘haunt, possess”, referring to an evil spirit.
Hi my name is Gene and I’m a Paperholic is not about an evil spirit. It is about going beyond the capacity of paper, cutting small elements that will eventually hold straight as one piece. This also relates to the limits of an obsession, there is no
limit to it once it starts. No one can stop it. An obsession does not need to be maintained, without you knowing it maintains itself always bringing you back to the origin, in this case: PAPER. There is no limit to the capacity for stone paper and over time the structure always finds its own way. The implication of the built environment often takes
over the piece depending on the installation, creating new means of legibility and playing with the concept of disappearing letters within our imagination. The starting point of this project was not legibility, but as the layer overlaps, the meaning of the word is remodelled over and over again. I'm a Paperholic is something that can only be defined by the individual, it differs from one to the other and it is the foundation of the individual perception. It is about cutting, folding, paper sculpture, as much as
it is about using paper as the main structure for any project. It is no longer about using paper as part of the project, but it is about making paper the main subject and the recipient. It is about the relation
that paper, lines and letters have with their surroundings.
40 x 60", 2012 Terraskin Stone Paper
