Anita Gratzer

COSPLAY

  • AT Cultural Forum | Tokyo JP

    18.10-1.11.24 Japan | Anita Gratzer developed the work cycle ‘Glöckler’ originally for the 2023 Nakanojo Biennale, which was themed around Cosmographia, a 16th-century geographical encyclopaedia. In regard to this book, which describes the peoples and customs of the world, she reinterpreted a 150-year-old tradition from her native region in Austria from a Japanese perspective.  In her…

  • Sketches | Onishi JP 24

  • Marque de sorcière | Valais CH

    03-06.2024 |  The project “Marque de Sorcière” took place in Valais, where the first witch hunts took place around 1430, when catastrophes, illnesses and mysterious deaths required an explanation. Rumours played a fundamental role in the persecution of witches and the accusations usually came from the population. People who behaved strangely or had special knowledge…

  • Villa Karbach | Salzkammergut AT

    18.5-29.9.24 Austria | The exhibition “Villa Karbach – Wie der Skurrealismus zur Welt kommt” is part of the European Capital of Culture in Salzkammergut, Austria. Together with works of the artist Walter Pilar (†2018), the part 2 of the Glöckler project was shown at the Villa Pantschoulidzeff (built by Theophil Hansen 1854). Two caps were…

  • Valais | Switzerland 03-06.24

    I am once again invited to stay at the residency in Brig at the ancient Stockalperschloss in the wonderful Valais valley in the south of Switzerland. My project >Marque de sorcière< here focus on the local history of witch hunts, which date back to the 15th century and were one of the first in Europe.…

  • Mänttä | Finland 12.23-02.24

    In winter 2024 I was invited to the Serlachius Foundation for a residency and three workshops. It was the third time I had worked in Finland and this time I was able to prepare some artworks to be exhibited in Austria later that year. Besides the workshops on mask making, I was able to work…

  • Kabuki on Ice | Mänttä FI

    12.2023 -02.2024 | Being invited to Finland for some workshops I also found time to execute some new designs of Japanese paper fashion. The Serlachius Foundation hosted me with a spacious workspace and next to the residency we found some opportunities to do different photo shootings in the cold Finnish winter.

  • Glöckler EU | Salzkammergut AT

    10.01.23 Austria | Thanks to my family and friends, I was able to complete and present my two new works at the Traunsee in this beautiful winter landscape. The location is in view of the Villa Pantschoulidzeff, where the exhibition “How Scurrealism comes into the world” will open in May. As part of the EU…

  • Sketches | Onishi JP 23

  • Sketches Glöckler | Nakanojo JP 23

  • Sketches | Onishi JP 23

  • Kanna Art Festival | Gunma JP

    16.9 – 24.9.23 Japan | 500 visitors on the first weekend in our small art village of Onishi. 10th anniversary of Kanna Art Festival (website also done by AF) was also a commemoration of artist Horikoshi Chiaki. The work shown was a piece called うかれ燕 – Ukare Tsubame, which relays to an old song about a swiftlet,…