virginia katz

place 2017-2002

Place
In Transit — I-405 Fwy, Long Beach, CA, March 25, 2017, 8:11 pm

8.5” x 11”, Ink Jet Print, 2017

Place
In Transit — CA-55 N, Santa Ana, CA, March 3, 2017, 6:48 pm

8.5” x 11”, Ink Jet Print, 2017

Place
In Transit — I-405, South Coast Drive, Costa Mesa, CA, May 4, 2017, 7:09 pm

8.5” x 11”, Ink Jet Print, 2017

Place
In Transit — I-405 N, Costa Mesa, CA, May 4, 2017, 7:08 pm

8.5” x 11”, Ink Jet Print, 2017

Place
In Transit — I-405 S, Lawndale, CA, January 3, 2017, 8:19 pm

8.5” x 11”, Ink Jet Print, 2017

Place
In Transit — I-405 S, Torrance, CA, January 3, 2017, 8:23 pm

8.5” x 11”, Ink Jet Print, 2017

Place
In Transit — CA-55 N, Irvine, CA, March 3, 2017, 8:08 pm

8.5” x 11”, Ink Jet Print, 2017

Place
In Transit — I-10 W, Los Angeles, CA, March 28, 2017, 9:17 pm

8.5” x 11”, Ink Jet Print, 2017

Place
In Transit — I-405, Carson, CA, March 25, 2017, 8:05 pm

8.5” x 11”, Ink Jet Print, 2017

Place
In Transit — I-5 S, Tustin Ranch, Tustin, CA, May 7, 2017, 8:27 pm

8.5” x 11”, Ink Jet Print, 2017

Place
In Transit — I-405, South Coast Drive, Costa Mesa, CA, May 4, 2017, 8:18 pm

8.5” x 11”, Ink Jet Print, 2017

Place
In Transit — United Airlines, 10,000 ft, Orange, CA, May 15, 2017, 10:02 pm

8.5” x 11”, Ink Jet Print, 2017

Place
In Transit — L Red Line, South Wacker Drive, Chicago, IL, May 13, 2017, 2:16 pm

8.5” x 11”, Ink Jet Print, 2017

Place
In Transit — United Airlines, 37,000 ft, Nunn, CO, May 15, 2017, 8:57 pm

8.5” x 11”, Ink Jet Print, 2017

Place
In Transit — United Airlines, 37,000 ft, Grover, CO, May 15, 2017, 7:56 pm

8.5” x 11”, Ink Jet Print, 2017

Other instances of transient form and human habitation were mapped. This series reveals alternates states of reality through various modes of travel and motion. Using geotagging each cell phone photograph is identified by place, date, and time, and in some cases the altitude of each photograph.



Place
Tracing Places — Eight Years

Installation of Collected Paper Ephemera, Hand-cut Into 2cm Squares on Paper
Approximately 75" x 150", 2005-2013

Place
Tracing Places — Eight Years - detail
Place
Momentum

Accumulated Paper Trail, Hand-cut Paper Ephemera Into 2cm Squares Threaded Onto a Dowel
50" x 36", 2007

Place
Momentum - detail


Place
Momentum - detail


Place
Reflection

Department Store Promotionals, Credit Card Applications, Botox Cosmetic Enhancement Brochures, Jewelry Store Brochures, Jenny Craig Weight Loss Brochures Cut and Threaded.
14.5" x 14", 2007

Place
Reflection - detail


Place
NYC Paper Trail

Accumulated Brochures and Business Cards Placed Geographically
18" x 18", 2006

Place
NYC Paper Trail - detail


Other works in Place marked space by collecting small unremarkable papers from the ordinary, and sometimes extraordinary places that I had visited during my daily life over an eight-year period and arranged into a free-form mosaic.



Place
The Hunt — 12 Hours

Colored Marker on Matte Acetate
21" x 18", 2002

The Hunt is a work that was completed on site observing people moving about a strip mall in Irvine, CA during a 12-hour period capturing the invisible form that occurs daily from 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.