December 3, 2022
Inspired by the bookstore’s core values, the characteristics of paper, and the vibrant history of Maastricht, the artist uses origami as an aesthetic form to explore the possibilities of tracing paper. Not only representing the medium of print or the crystalized textures of this city’s geological history, the paper shows the damp wrinkles created by the humidity of trade winds and monsoons that brought the eastern and western worlds together through invisible routes at sea.