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August 19, 2022
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Parcel

17—28 August 2022

An exhibition of new furniture made almost completely from paper waste sees contemporary artist, maker and musician Kaspar Schmidt Mumm spectacularly turn trash into treasure.

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Parcel
Until Sunday, 28 August
SODA Objects
1 Rosetta Street, West Croydon 5008
Wed—Sun: 11am ’til 5pm
Opening Event: 6—10pm, Friday, 26 August
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Parcel, the award-nominated SALA exhibition, is the result of Kaspar’s deep dive into creating new forms from recycled paper.

The multidisciplinary artist, who is also a member of the cult artist collective The Bait Fridge and their house band Slowmango, collected paper waste from bins and dumpsters to create 20 original furniture pieces – including lounge chairs, stools, tables, and poufs – from recycled materials.

The wastepaper Kaspar collected from factories, schools, architecture firms, printers, bins, and dumpsters are shredded, blended, and mixed with a variety of glues and colours to form a clay-like render.

Kaspar – the 2023 recipient of the prestigious Porter Street Commission – then covered the objects in paper render to breathe new life into disused garbage.

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