Paper Cut

Modern Interpretation of Traditional Art – Paper Cut

Paper cut is a spatial installation that turns Chinese paper cutting into a large perforated screen. Each pattern illustrates one specific character in real life. Light and shadow of the screen reminds audience of the good side and dark side of personality. The perforation is enlarged to an architectural scale which makes individual pattern too abstract to be recognizable. Depending on the viewing angles, audience can get a different reading. Some audience may think they are inside a paper forest.

剪纸是一个装置艺术，把中国剪纸变成一个大的穿孔屏幕。每个设计都说明了在现实生活中一个特定的个性。光和影提醒观众人格好和坏的一面。穿孔扩大到建筑比例，这使个别图案抽象至不可别识。取决于视角，观众可以得到不同的启示。有些观众可能会认为他们在纸森林內。

See another paper cutting project we did for Best of Newspaper Design. We won first place in the competition.

Team: Vicky Chan, Alex Mailloux, Chris Chang, Aime Vailes-Macarie, Tony Lee