The multi-part installation The Colo­nial Shad­ow of the Page ques­tions the hege­mo­ny of pag­i­nat­ed knowl­edge cul­tures against the back­drop of Bel­gium’s colo­nial his­to­ry. The work com­prises of three hang­ing pa­per ta­pes­tries (or ‘pro­to-books’), six fo­lios from a Bel­gian choco­late man­u­fac­tur­er’s 1950s trad­ing card al­bum, an­oth­er pa­per ta­pes­try (or ‘re­lief map’) rest­ing on a table, as well as a 1961 at­las pub­lished in Na­mur.