Author: hausofmarsian

As an interdisciplinary artist and writer who constructs installations and time-based visual narratives that memorialize obsessional lives, I draw inspiration from offbeat characters whose private manias become public fodder for tabloids and reality television. In my practice, I combine dolls, artificial figures, performing objects, and elaborate costumes to investigate contemporary forms of animism, death, sexuality, and addiction. I am fascinated by the negotiation of personal identity – a repetition of a repetition for which there is no original – in an ever-shifting landscape of technologies that can drastically alter and re-map the body.

Love Lost and the Enchantment of Objects by Jacki Apple (essay)

Posted on November 2, 2018July 15, 2019 by hausofmarsian in (In)/Animate Objects, Acting, Animism, Art, Automata, Comedy, Design, Dolls, Drama, Fabrication, Gallery, Jim Henson Foundation, LGBT, Los Angeles, Marsian De Lellis, Michele Spears, Object of Her Affection, Object Sexuality, Object Sexuals, Object Theatre, Performance, Performance Art, performing objects, Photographs, Press, Puppetry, Puppets, Table Top Puppetry, The Jim Henson Foundation, Theater, Written

On November 2, 2018, Jacki Apple wrote Love Lost and the Enchantment of Objects, a critical essay on my performance, Object of Her Affection, for Fabrik in her column, Peripheral Visions: Perspectives on Performance, Media and Culture.

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(In)/Animate Objects, Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions

Posted on October 29, 2018May 22, 2022 by hausofmarsian in Marsian De Lellis

IMG_7366_edit_1240 — photo: Alex Griffin

On October 31, performed with my installation, (In)/Animate Objects in the front window of Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions.

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Riting: Muppets + Mummification

Posted on October 10, 2018July 12, 2019 by hausofmarsian in Marsian De Lellis

On October 8, 2018, writer, Jane Pickett dropped this interview outtake from her piece in Riting on Object of Her Affection and its origins. In this clip I reflect on some childhood memories with puppets and dolls

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Los Angeles Downtown News (Los Angeles)

Posted on October 8, 2018August 22, 2019 by hausofmarsian in (In)/Animate Objects, Automata, Los Angeles, Marsian De Lellis, Object of Her Affection, Object Sexuality, Object Sexuals, Object Theatre, Object/Fetish, performing objects, Puppetry, Puppets, Table Top Puppetry

On October 8, 2018, Downtown News featured Object of Her Affection in their ‘Don’t Miss’ List.

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Riting, Los Angeles

Posted on October 8, 2018August 19, 2019 by hausofmarsian in Los Angeles, Marsian De Lellis

On October 4, 2018, Jane Pickett wrote about my art practice in “Jane Pickett on Marsian De Lellis” for Riting in conjunction with Object of Her Affection performances at Automata.

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(In)/Animate Objects, Automata, Los Angeles (installation)

Posted on October 6, 2018December 27, 2019 by hausofmarsian in Marsian De Lellis

My installation (In)Animate Objects is on display at Automata in Los Angeles from September 17 – October 13, 2018 in conjunction with my experimental object and puppet performance Object of Her Affection.

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Riting: Dolls, Gender + Barbie Liberation

Posted on October 4, 2018July 12, 2019 by hausofmarsian in Marsian De Lellis

On October 4, 2018, writer, Jane Pickett dropped this interview outtake from her piece in Riting on Object of Her Affection and its origins. In this clip I reflect on dolls, gender, and the work of the Barbie Liberation Organization

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Riting: on Fanny Packs

Posted on September 29, 2018July 12, 2019 by hausofmarsian in Marsian De Lellis

On September 29, 2018, writer, Jane Pickett dropped this interview outtake from her piece in Riting on Object of Her Affection and its origins. In this clip, I discuss how I identify as an artist and my relationship to common puppeteer fashion stereotypes:

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Trigger Warning!

Posted on September 27, 2018January 31, 2020 by hausofmarsian in Marsian De Lellis

Object of Her Affection opens tonight at Automata! There will be a limited number of $10 discounted tickets are available for the first weekend (September 27 – 30) performances for LA Guild of Puppetry Members (or anyone readers of this update) Use promo code: GUILD

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Object of Her Affection – Kickstarter

Posted on September 25, 2018July 15, 2019 by hausofmarsian in Marsian De Lellis

The Kickstarter Campaign for Object of Her Affection at Automata concluded on Friday, September 21, 2018. We were successfully funded with 88 backers!

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