12/16/2021
We always endeavour to adorn our office with the work of local artists and creators. Here, you can see a piece by , a Montreal-based visual artist driven by a curiosity that encourages convergence between different artistic disciplines, notably architecture, graphic design, mathematics and industrial design.
This art piece was one of the first additions to our workspace back in 2018. It is part of “The Paper Trail,” a series of origami-folded photographs that explores the peculiar relationship we have with the official papers we carry around in our pockets—physical representations of the rules we collectively agree to follow. Most people will recognize the iconic transfer tickets used in the Montreal métro system until the late 2000s, ephemeral objects that would almost inevitably have ended up crumpled up in a jeans pocket, yet still the only proof that you ever paid for your trip.
While they are becoming increasingly less common in the virtual era, something about these paper artifacts gives one a vintage, nostalgic feeling. You wouldn’t hold on to the screenshot of a QR code for the first music show you ever saw the same way you would with a physical ticket, would you?
