Everyday in London, hundreds of thousands of commuters are handed
their own free paper as they approach their local station. They squash
onto the tube and attempt to absorb themselves in a world of current
affairs and gossip, they arrive at their stop, they exit the station and
they deposit their newspaper in the first bin they encounter. This is
the new travel novel… but perhaps its life doesn’t need to be so
predefined. Perhaps, in reaction to our current throw away society, a
better life can be afforded for it…
Formed from the limits of what a few concerned friends could carry,
PaperVillain is a response to the disposable lifecycle of this daily
read. Over 3 weeks, 17 pairs of hands individually folded 2542
traditional paper hats from an equal mix of London Lite and London Paper
collected on the evening of Thursday 2nd July 2009. Together these
paper hats formed an articulated tensile canopy from the leftovers of
our morning read for The Secret Garden Festival.For further information please see the Press
Book