Paper Trail (100,000 Cuts)

Paper Trail (100,000 Cuts)

Paper Trail (100,000 Cuts) is over 5 m long and in three connected sections, one alluding to the areas history, one a contemporary depiction of the borough and the third suggesting possible futures. The initial layers of this work were cut out maps of the area from which shadow drawings were made onto the donated paper. The work was made by layering the paper behind each map that had been cut out by hand, and then projecting a light through them to enable Anya to draw the shadows they cast onto the paper collaged behind. This process was then repeated with the next layer included and so on. The paper was sourced form the local community and included items as diverse as love letters, children’s drawings, shopping lists and parking tickets!