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E-mail Address | Alex.borgen@gmail.com |
Website | www.alexborgen.com |
First interest in hand papermaking process: 2011
First piece of handmade paper: 2011
First handmade paper artwork: 2011
Beginning of active practice: 2011
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Years teaching hand papermaking: 2011-2013
I started the Columbia College chicago's interdisciplinary arts MFA program in book and paper arts in 2011, with Melissa Potter as my advisor. It opened my eyes to the art of handmade paper, and my art practice were forever changed. In 2012, I founded the CCC Papermakers Garden in Chicago with on emphasis on sustainability in the urban environment to incorporate the art of paper to an interdisciplinary space for education, research, and alternative art making/showing for students and community engagement. My art practice also involves large sheets of paper, mostly made from recycled fabric scraps, the paper becomes interactive installations for viewers, as well as paper as a performance tool/venue/prop. I also am experimenting with paper as it relates to multimedia arts; by embedding electronics, I have made paper speaker sculptures and am using the paper as abstracted screens for video. My love for paper is about the tactility, physicality, and fully cyclical lifespan (composition/decomposition). Through my work with the Papermakers Garden, I met Steve kostell and Eric Benson of Fresh Press and been to their studio to work. I am excited by their ventures as well.
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