Techotic

If you are in London between 15 May - 21 May then be sure to visit London’s Craze Gallery in Portobelo Road for the Paper Wars Death Machines exhibition, which features giant, elaborate material and artillery made from paper, scissors and glue sticks. The event is organized by PostlerFerguson and some of the featured artists are: Ben Wilson, El Ultimo Grito, Oscar and Ewan, Pixelgarten, Hiroko Shiratori, Paul Wysocan, BASE23/DC|DE.

The weapons in the Death Machines series embody the highest values of “good design”; good engineering, reliable performance, robust construction. They are icons of design that have not only shaped global conflicts but also our collective aesthetic sensibilities through countless movies, TV shows and news images.

The Death Machines paper kits bring the contradictory experience of weapons into the home; admirably designed and aesthetically fascinating and simultaneously terrifyingly in their lethality. Each handmade part becomes a medium for the maker’s reaction to the subject.

The first in the Death Machines series, the paper AK-47, was published by Die Gestalten Verlag in 2007.