Trans Arts Tokyo 2015 Participating Artist

"Every Clean Beast Wants To Believe It."
A futile attempt to find cathartic bliss. These two live pieces explore the doldrum between the obsessive & the religious, the tainted & the purified.

Dates: October 26 and 28, 2015 *Differing performances
Time: 4 PM Start (About 2 hours)
Venue: The Former Tokyo Denki University Site (Google maps: http://bit.ly/1Mdlhzy)
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Artist Talk

Katherine Groesbeck will be joining other resident artists Mika Revell and Johnny Taylor in the studio for a discussion of their artistic practices and the background to their residency production - the Kanda area of Tokyo.

Date: October 23 (Fri) 2015
Time: 6 - 7:30 PM
Venue: AIR 3331 Nishikicho Studio (Tokyo Chiyoda-ku Kanda-Nishikicho 3-16 2F)
Google maps: http://bit.ly/1MYHNdS
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Open Studio

Katherine will be present in the studio with her works-in-progress. These works reflect her residency research interests regarding rituals and "holy places". She is specifically interested in the juxtaposition of rituals that happen both in religious holy places, like the Shinto Shrine in Chiyoda and the rituals of consumption in Akihabara Electric Town.

Date: October 24 (Sat) 2015
Time: 12 - 6 PM
Venue: AIR 3331 Nishikicho Studio (Tokyo Chiyoda-ku Kanda-Nishikicho 3-16 2F)
Google maps: http://bit.ly/1MYHNdS
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Profile

Katherine Groesbeck is from Seattle, Washington, USA. She received her MFA from the University of Washington. Katherine works in photography, video projections, installation and sculpture. She imbues humble objects with material that saturates the senses through smell, color and texture. Immersing, coating, and washing the objects; their presence becomes both sacrosanct and tainted.

www.katherinegroesbeck.com

This residency is supported by The New Foundation in Seattle, Washington, USA.