A Piece of Paper
2024, installation, single channel video, HD; embossed paper.
A Piece of Paper is an installation, composed of one video and embossed paper within an office-like setting, reflecting on the violence embedded in neoliberal working environments, and more specifically, in the moment of a job dismissal. The office-like setting invites the audience to sit at a desk, with a projector simulating a company meeting. On the desk, viewers can browse documents from workplaces that informed the research process of the project.
On the walls, almost imperceptible, is a composition of embossed paper that translates the transcription of a dismissal meeting into a sculptural object. The nearly illegible text seeks to highlight absurdity and violence, displaying the gender imbalance within a mass of words. On the left, one filled sheet alongside five blank sheets reflects my interventions during the dismissal meeting; on the right, six filled sheets record my bossβs interventions.
The embossed paper is produced by applying manual pressure onto a relief woodblock. To create the woodblocks, the transcript of the audio recording of an employment dismissal meeting was laser-engraved onto wooden boards of different species and thicknesses. The depth of the relief depends on both the type of wood and the laser engraving speed.
Through experimentation with different wood species, board thicknesses, and engraving speeds, a series of test prints was produced on papers of varying weights. These samples reveal differences in texture and colour, determined by the pressure applied during the embossing process and the degree of charring caused by the laser engraving. These experimental embossings were presented in Noranje Space during the South Explorer Rotterdam 2026 Open Studios.
A Piece of Paper has been screened at: CBK x OFF Screen, WORM, Rotterdam (NL, 2026); DβA film festival in Barcelona (ES, 2025); Germinal, Nosotras Contamos, as part of Mujeres de Cine, Matadero Madrid (ES, 2025); and OPEN PanorΓ mic, La Capella, Barcelona (ES, 2024).
It has also been presented in galleries and art spaces like: The Grey Space in the Middle, The Hague (NL, 2026); Het Lage Norden, as part of Reverse Affinities exhibition, Marrun (NL, 2025); V2_, as part of the exhibition CURRENTLY, CURRENTLY, CURRENTLY, Rotterdam (NL, 2024); Noranje and Sara Tim Trust ateliers, as part of GRAW Ateliers Rotterdam (NL, 2025).
It will be presented at WORM as part of Underground KINO Club program, Rotterdam (NL, 2026); as part of the festival The Rhythm of Inquiry in Caracas (VE, 2026) and Mientras Tanto Film Festival, Montevideo (UR, 2026).
