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"The Paper Sculpture Show" enlists gallerygoers in the creation of its art on exhibit

Comments (0) By David Fahl Thursday, Nov 13 2003

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Another cool piece that didn't produce many samples from the DiverseWorks visitors is Stephen Hendee's "Binding Sites." It consists of three colorful shapes to be folded, glued and attached to one another. The pieces are neat-looking, but people were probably scared off by the estimated build time on each: ten, 20 and 35 minutes.

A popular project was "Things I Don't Like," by Ester Partegas. Visitors are instructed to build a trash can, then write the names of things they don't like on the paper provided, cut them into strips and throw them in the trash can. Many simply wrote their lists of things they didn't like, and leaving the lists intact, posted them on the wall. Things DiverseWorks visitors didn't like include empty refrigerators, mean people, a small penis, chilled red wine, fraud, ear wax, raisins and dirty old men. From a list of things liked and things not liked came "Long talks in the evening with a friend" and "Long talks in the morning with a boss."

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Stephen Hendee's "Binding Site" tests your manual dexterity.

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Other projects that looked good when completed were Aric Obrosey's "Mail Glove," Charles Goldman's dark screens, Eve Sussman's cool shades and Vargas-Lugo's smiling lips.

I tried to put together "Pop-Up #16 For Flying-Practical Training for Beginners," by Luca Buvoli, mainly because from the printout I couldn't figure out what the result was supposed to be. I ended up with a diorama depicting a teacher presenting a training film on flight to a trio of comic book characters including Proto-Angel and Blind Super Hero. The construction included a slider with a flying character, which brought up credits for the training film and steps 25 and 26 of the 33-step method. Handy hints include "Gliding will help to streamline your flying." Thanks, Luca.

I had more success with Francis Cape and Liza Phillips's "No. 7." This is another one where I wasn't quite sure what the product would be. Following instructions faithfully, if not necessarily with any dexterity, I found myself the proud creator of a paper box that, when opened, revealed a city rooftop complete with stairwell, skylight and beach towel, surrounded by a skyline and blue sky. In this case, there was no question at all of when a piece of art is complete or who created it. It's mine.