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Amanda Birch previews two installations that show how discarded newspapers and maps can have an artistic and useful afterlife
INSTALLATION
NEWSPAPER HOUSEBY SUMER EREK
Gillett Square, Dalston, north-east London
www.newspaperhouse.blogspot.com
Construction from March 3 to 9
About 1.7 million free newspapers are printed daily in London, and as anyone working in the capital knows, no sooner are they distributed, far too many end up littering streets, tubes and buses. From this waste and mess come two art projects which aim to raise awareness of the issue by creating public structures of discarded handouts.
The first, which begins on site next week in Dalston, north-east London, is the work of artist Sumer Erek with Schenk Perfler Architects. It will create a shelter using 150,000 old newspapers donated by the public.
"It's a conceptual work we hope will raise many questions of awareness in terms of our environment, cities, waste, recycling, and our relationship with our private space as a house," says Erek, who was commissioned by newcomer arts body Creative City.
"The material is a key, fundamental part of the project....