Exhibition: Crease, Fold and Bend, Innovative uses of origami

Origami, most popularly known as the ancient Japanese art of folding paper brings to mind popular images of whimsical cranes, horses, insects, swans. Who hasn’t experienced the childlike thrill of twisting and contorting brilliant colored squares into small paper objects?

Crease, Fold and Bend presents a cross section of contemporary paper structures where science and math meet art between the folds. Moving beyond the traditional art form, contemporary scientists, mathematicians, engineers, and artists today are revolutionizing origami by expanding the practice. This includes the engineering of architectural structures transposing mathematical equations and utilitarian objects into intricate paper forms. Using the principles of folding, creasing and bending, the groundbreaking investigations by these practitioners have resulted in the creation of tessellated and modular structures worldwide. Artists and fashion designers are using the mathematical forms of origami as an approach to designing books, clothing and art installations. The origami cranes of the past have emerged into kayaks, shelters, tents, packaging and fashion design revolutionizing the art form.