Quote from a document divulged by CEC – European Capital of Culture 2012: "Its dissemination in the period prior to the Capital of Culture has the purpose of fulfilling one of the functions implied in one of the programme's key concepts "New Languages", enabling a process of familiarization with the work of art's printed image (…) . Paperworks is a multiple handed to artists to intervene artistically. Artists are invited to use the newspaper format as an artistic surface, proposing the publication of existing work or of work produced specifically for this project, forming a collection unique to the Capital of Culture 2012".
Paperwork was folded and sent by post, as a regular newspaper, it was also freely distributed at art schools, Museums and Art Centers.
Paperworks #20/24 can be found at:
- Gulbenkian Foundation Library, Lisbon; Serralves Foundation Library, Porto, Portugal.
- CLA - Cabinet du Livre d'Artiste, Université Rennes 2, France.
- Proyecto’ ace, Buenos Aires, Argentina.