When the pandemic is changing abruptly our lives and making us step into unknown terrain, "Who will?" explores the existential angst that connects ourselves together with our joys.
The poem starts in a playful note telling us about childish habits of leaving the last bit of food or beverage untouched, along with the circular writing and colorful pages. Rapidly progresses into a more difficult memory of last moments before leaving, here along with more austere design elements. To at last arrive to the final existential, bursting question that reminds us that we are connected also by our common fears.
Sheets in the special edition were made over the years after each batch of paper-making session by saving the last bit of pulp with a round kitchen sieve.
Title: Who will?
Interior pages: Artist-made mulberry papers. Cover: Andrea Peterson's straw paper.
Format: Japanese stab binding.
Wood relief printing, digital printing and chine-collé.
Size: 28 cm diameter. 8 pages.
Year of completion: 2021
Special edition plus a variable edition of five.
Collections: in private collections.