It all began with a box of paper chairs 13 years ago.
"It's a chair, on a card. The directions on how to assemble it are written around the edge." That's a line I must've said a thousand...
“Everyone has a story. Every story builds a life. Take your seat and tell me yours.”
After 20 years of theatre and 6 years of performing daily in front of a camera, Paul Pape began to wonder who are the people who fill his “audience of life”. So he started the Million Chairs Project, an interactive, audience driven art project, to learn more about the lives of those who watch him. Through personal stories, viewer prompts, audience participation and interviews, Paul hopes to share the stories of those who have been a part of his.