Katerina just completed a massive installation at the University of California Santa Cruz described as an "imagined landscape installation of hand-cut trees inspired by a cross between American and Japanese impressions." Upon her return to NYC she gave an artist talk about her process which included a six month residency in Japan where she studied Ikebana among other Japanese disciplines. I was most struck by her depiction of 13 trees, which filled the whole gallery and appeared transform it into a tree-shrine of sorts. I selected one of these of tree cutouts that can be recontextualized for the tART show.
Here is a link to a video where Katerina leads a walk through of the installation:
http://vimeo.com/38826348
There is a wealth of imagery and info on the blog for the exhibition:
http://naturalselectionartshow.blogspot.com/
As well as her website:
http://katerinalanfranco.com/home.html
