In The Folds
In the Folds, at Glasgow Women's Library, is an installation created by Alexandra Compton, a writer and artist from Bridgeton, Glasgow.
About In The Folds
In the Folds Credit: Craig Ellis
Combining papercrafting, writing, and activism, the project examines Alexandra’s life as a queer, working-class, chronically ill woman. With newspaper headlines alongside her own writings, handwritten onto origami paper and then folded into paper cranes, In the Folds interrogates who gets to be ‘in the fold’ or excluded within society, art, and literature. What can you see on the cranes?
Alexandra will also be facilitating an accompanying Writing, Origami, and Activism workshop at Glasgow Women's Library on Friday 25th April between 10:30am and 12:30pm:
For this Women Making It Special we will be joined by writer and artist Alexandra Compton for a special event combining writing, origami, and activism.
Inspired by her installation, In the Folds, Alexandra will be guiding a series of writing exercises inspired by newspaper headlines, before showing you how to fold your own origami paper cranes.
During the event, Alexandra will be discussing the inspiration behind her installation, as well as the origins of papercrafting and origami and the significance of the newspaper headlines to her work.
After writing your work onto the cranes and folding them, what will still be visible and what will have been lost in the folds?
To find out more about the exhibition: womenslibrary.org.uk
To find out more about the workshop: womenslibrary.org.uk
To find out more about Alexandra and her work: www.alexandracompton.co.uk
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