b. 1970, Richmond, Virginia. Lives and works in Los Angeles.

Los Angeles–based artist Katie Grinnan’s multi-part project Rubble Division (2005 – 2006) began when the Aspen Art Museum commissioned her to create a float for the Aspen Fourth of July Parade. Grinnan’s float juxtaposed photography of ruined and built spaces and offered different viewing experiences to those on opposite sides of the street. On Procession exhibits four videos from Grinnan’s project that document the float’s consequent transformations and cross-country journey.

The second part of the project, Inverse Parade at the High Desert Test Site 5 (2006), reversed the structure of a typical parade by inviting spectators to ride in a van while viewing the float’s panels dispersed along the side of the road. For part three, Rubble Division Interstate (2006), the float’s panels were reconfigured into a road worthy sculpture that Grinnan, along with several musicians and friends, drove from Joshua Tree, California, to Socrates Sculpture Park in Queens, New York. The roving float was broken down and reassembled daily, a process which is documented in The Rise and Fall (2006).

Image Credit:
Katie Grinnan, Rubble Division Interstate at Death Valley, 2006
Photo by Dawn Kasper