Hand Papermaking – Grimanesa Amorós
“Between Heaven and Earth” and “Rootless Algas” at Longwood Art Gallery of the Hostos Center for the Arts and Culture, Bronx, New York
March 29–June 17, 2006
Hand Papermaking
Amorós exhibited two ambitious multimedia installations based on her recent travels to Norway and Iceland, two northern countries that differ remarkably from her Peruvian birthplace and New York City home, yet in some respects, feel intimately familiar to her. The works are multisensory environments consisting of handmade paper sculpture, video, lighting, and original music by celebrated Peruvian vocalist Susana Baca and noted Icelandic composer Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson. The Hostos Center published a fully illustrated 80-page exhibition catalog.