Ahram Lee

Ahram Lee was born in 1980 in Seoul (KR), she lives and works in Marseille (FR)

virus, merciless
paper, so thin.
but it cuts, it weighs, it keeps, it attests, it allows.
less than 10g of paper can weigh more than a person. or than no one.
please present your papers.
I present my paper.
you, my paper, my paper, you. delighted. let’s delight.
please re-present your paper.
I re-present my paper.
I represent the person confirmed by this paper.
or it represents me, whatever.
virus, merciless.
it spreads. like a lovely rumor. at the speed of fear. but we don’t know how.
is it through physical contact. or through reading. or by looking. or by some unknown ray piercing the pages. or by the documents themselves deciding to become more human. by acting out.
an unheard-of worse epidemic. the content of contaminated documents fades, without reason. at least none we can find.
it doesn’t matter. it won’t kill anyone. they’re just papers. just papers.
paper, so thin.
but it cuts, it weighs, it keeps, it attests, it confirms, it closes, it allows, it permits itself, it refuses, it forbids, it excludes.
now, it fades.
it gets lost, it disappears, it goes, it dies, it disintegrates, it is forgotten, it is abolished, it is cancelled, it is lightened, it relieves, it shelters, it lives, it gives life.

– Ahram Lee
Translation: Triangle-Astérides