As part of Paper Future Lab by Haus des Papiers, Vanessa Cardui is showing her stop motion film "PAPER FLOOD". Vanessa Cardui crumples and folds, tears and cuts the paper, which takes the shape of water as it moves. Whether as a drop, wave, waterfall or sea - Vanessa Cardui shows the transformability of paper - based on its feel. The short film reflects the effects of paper production on our environment, in particular on our water.

Vanessa Cardui, born in 1987, is a video artist from Berlin. She completed her master's degree in art and media at the University of Hildesheim and the Université de Provence. Vanessa Cardui creates imaginative worlds out of paper, which she brings to life with stop-motion animations. She deals with the topics of environmental protection and sustainability and questions what it means to be human and woman in times of change. Her video works are exhibited internationally, including at the Digital Graffiti Festival in Florida (2024), Animation Nights New York - ANNY (2024), Festival of Lights Berlin (2023), Festival of Science - Goethe Institute Bangkok (2023), The Future Vision Festival in Tokyo and Amsterdam (2023), Athens Digital Art Festival (2022), Venice Architecture Film Festival (2021), European Film Festival Göttingen (2021) and the international festival for audiovisual projection Genius Loci Weimar (2021).