The dresses keep arriving. Along with stories, and conversation. We hope you join us for much of the same next Thursday night, September 25th from 6-9 pm for the last DownStreet Art night of the 2014 season and the opening of Paper Dresses. We are previewing some of the dresses in one of our windows … Continue reading
VAWA. While it is not some fancy letterpress acronym, it is an important one that we at PRESS are acknowledging partially because of our upcoming Paper Dress exhibit, and partly to raise awareness of the importance of this act. VAWA = Violence Against Women Act. It was signed into law on September 13, 1994 by President … Continue reading
“Women hold up half the sky” The artistic collaboration and resulting exhibition that will be Paper Dresses was inspired in part by Nicholas Kristof’s upcoming visit to MCLA. Half the Sky, co-written by Kristof and his wife, Sheryl WuDunn, chronicles their encounters with extraordinary women all over the globe, and their struggles with the many injustices that … Continue reading
On Saturday afternoon, a number of Paper Dresses artists gathered again to continue their experimentation and begin constructing their final pieces. A lot of ideas are solidifying, and we are all even more excited about this project with each passing day! Don’t forget to stop by PRESS to contribute some of your thoughts to Paper Dresses in the form of … Continue reading
We just found out about an invention by Ata Sina: self-folding paper! Small cuts are made in the flat paper and then thermoplastic polymers are attached. When heated at 110 degrees Celsius, the polymers shrink, causing the paper to form a 3D shape according to the cuts. Applications that have been brought up so far … Continue reading
This afternoon, the ever-expanding Paper Dresses team gathered again at PRESS for more artistic experimentation. Technical and conceptual ideas continue to be developed, and the group is really excited about the results so far! The possibilities for combining paper, type, and other materials are seemingly endless, and we can’t wait to see what these artists come up with! … Continue reading
PRESS hosted many of our paper dress artists Saturday. What fun we had experimenting with tyvek, printing, paper and more. Ideas are percolating. Research is abundant! Check out our collective Paper Dress Board on Pinterest to see some of our ideas. We started to consider how the performative element might change/influence our ideas. And if … Continue reading
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