The theme of IAPMA Paper Art Biennale 2026 invited artists to explore paper as a living palimpsest — a material that absorbs and preserves the layered traces of life.

Originally from the Greek palin (again) and psēstos (scraped), a palimpsest was a manuscript in which older writing was partially erased to make space for new text while remnants of the original remained. Today, the word refers more broadly to any surface or object that holds visible layers of change, memory or history.

In this way, paper becomes more than a surface for marks — it is a sensitive body that remembers. Each fold, crease and impression echo the gestures of both nature and human presence, transforming paper into a vessel of memory.

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