Press Release 2019/08/06

THE TETORAPOTZ Live Performance
August 24 (Saturday), 2019 15:00 ~Fee: Free (museum admission is required)
Venue: The corridor at Hara Museum ARC, Gunma
A live performance by the band THE TETORAPOTZ, led by the artist Izumi Kato will be held in association withthe current exhibition Kato Izumi: LIKE A ROLLING SNOWBALL.

Photo: Yu Xing & Li Yang Courtesy of Red Brick Art Museum, the Artist and Perrotin

Photo: Yusuke Sato

Performed by: THE TETORAPOTZ
Guitar, vocals: Yasuhiko Hayashi (Paramodel)
Bass, vocals: Rintaro Hiramine (Mrs.Yuki) https://www.mrsyuki.com/
Guitar, vocals: Tomomi Okubo ( Mrs.Yuki) https://www.mrsyuki.com/
Drums: Izumi Kato https://www.izumikato.com/
Conch shell horn, synthesizer: Takao Minami https://takaominami.jp/
Special guest: SNATCH
THE TETORAPOTZTHE TETORAPOTZ is a five-man band that was born of an art exhibition. They are active primarily in thecontext of art museums, art projects, and art-related events. All aspects of musical, visual, stage, and record
production are handled by the band members themselves, all of whom are also active independently invarious fields such as painting, sculpture, video and image creation.
THE TETORAPOTZ PV https://potziland.com/pages/artists
Potziland Records https://potziland.com/■Related Events *Details will be posted on the museum website.
August 24 (Saturday) and October 27 (Sunday): Bus Tours to Hara Museum ARC
October 27 (Sunday): Dialogue between Maha Harada and Izumi Kato at Hara Museum ARC
November 16 (Saturday): Meet the Artist: Izumi Kato at Hara Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo

■Installation views of IZUMI KATO – LIKE A ROLLING SNOWBALL at Hara Museum ARC

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1.2 Installation views at Gallery A
3. Installation view at Kankai Pavilion
4. Installation view at Gallery B
5. Installation view at Gallery C
All images: Photo: Yusuke Sato ©2019 Izumi Kato
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■Exhibition Information
Title: IZUMI KATO – LIKE A ROLLING SNOWBALL
Organized by: Hara Museum of Contemporary Art
Special cooperation provided by: Perrotin
Date: July 13 (Saturday), 2019 – January 13 (Monday/national holiday), 2020
Venue: Hara Museum ARC
2855-1 Kanai, Shibukawa-shi, Gunma 377-0027 Tel: 0279-24-6585
Hours: 9:30 am - 4:30 pm (last entry at 4:00 pm)
Closed: Thursdays (except during the month of August and January 2, 2020) and January 1, 2020
*Subject to temporary closure in the event of severe weather.
Admission: General 1,100 yen; Students 700 yen (high school and university) or 500 yen (elementary and juniorhigh); Free for Hara Museum members; Half price for those over 70
Combination ticket for Hara Museum ARC and Ikaho Green Bokujo: General 1,800 yen; Students 1,500 yen (highschool and university), 1,400 yen (junior high), 800 yen (elementary); Half price for those over 70*10% discount for groups of 20 or more.
*For residents of Gunma Prefecture: Free admission for elementary and junior high school children every
Saturday during the school term/200-yen-discount on admission for up to five persons upon presentation of theGuchoki Passport.
Directions: By train: Take the Joetsu/Hokuriku Shinkansen to Takasaki, change to the Joetsu/Agatsuma Line,and disembark at Shibukawa. From Shibukawa, ARC is 10 minutes away by taxi or 15 minutes by bus (take theIkaho Onsen bus to ″Green Bokujo Mae″). By car: 8 kilometers (about 15 minutes) from the Kan-etsu Expressway
Shibukawa Ikaho Interchange (in the direction of Ikaho Onsen). Free parking is available (50 spaces).

■Press Enquiries
Contact: Yasuko Kajita / Junko Watanabe
Tel: +81.3.3280.0679
E-mail: press@haramuseum.or.jp
Website: https://www.haramuseum.or.jp