Sachiko Abe

I discovered this work by googling something probably completely unrelated...but I am so glad I found it, even though it is a shame that I did not see this work in the flesh. Abe has been cutting paper for nine years, the paper cutting is a precise measurement that gets thinner through the artist's bouts of depression. Cut Paper was a performance that lasted ten weeks at the 2010 Liverpool Biennial. Her scissors were connected to a speaker, so every cut was emphasised and significant. I was instantly reminded of Rapunzel, possibly due to my constant retreat to familiar stories of childhood. Without being able to see it, I don't know whether I would have found this performance calming or chilling, it seems to be so close on the border.