“Paper compass or folded stars” is a compilation of archived images, first in digital form, later translated in my own practice to ink print. The images were photomechanically and manually printed using offset plates on hand-dyed rice Chinese paper. 

In an installation form, “paper compass or folding stars” has an organic display, sensible to the exhibition site and space conditions. It presents a collection of booklets that follow no sequence, as it relies mostly on intuition to be installed. 

They show a mix of my personal archives with collective and digital images, which lead me to reflect upon the visual metaphor of constellations, so strong not only in Walter Benjamin but also in a small phrase by Michel Foucault, in which he compared the way the biggest stars shine in the sky, always seem to be near than those that shine timidly, invisible which are actually closer to us.

Maps, numerical tables, an album of my father's war are presented as books frozen in the moment of turning the page.

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