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.

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.