May 11, 2009
The Papergirl Project
The Papergirl project is an art project which, in the style of American paperboys, distributes rolled artworks by bicycle in the streets of Berlin.
Papergirl is distributed like a newspaper, but not edited or printed like it. It consists of art pieces which are rolled up together. The project has been carried out once a year since 2006 and grows constantly.
In July 2008, 76 artists from 9 different countries took part in the project. The basic idea is to bring art to the public in a different way; to surprise people and bring them into contact with art in their everyday life.
The initial impulse for this project came with the tightening of a law, in 2005, equating sticking up posters in public places with graffiti-spraying. But the idea of distributing art by bike came more from the search for new ways to bring art straight to society, and have more fun doing so, than out of fear of possible punishment. Papergirl is, in short: participatory, analogue, non-commercial and impulsive.
