Thursday, March 28th at 8PM I performed “The Feeder”, centered on a gainer-feeder relationship gone wrong at Dynasty Typewriter in Los Angeles.
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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.
LA Ovation Awards
On January 29, 2018, I attended the LA STAGE Alliance’s Ovation Awards as a finalist for Center Theatre Group’s Sherwood Award along with Hana Kim and Gina Young.
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From December 10th-20th, “(In)/Animate Objects triptych”, a limited edition photograph, was part of an auction for Automata.
Continue reading “(In)/Animate Objects triptych, Automata”2018 Sherwood Award Finalists Interview (CTG Blog)
On December 7th, 2017, Center Theatre Group interviewed Gina Young, Hana Kim, and myself as finalists for the 2018 Sherwood Award about our art/lives in L.A. Read the full story on the Center Theatre Group Blog.
Continue reading “2018 Sherwood Award Finalists Interview (CTG Blog)”Fractured Atlas 2017
I am currently raising funds for the next iterations of Object of Her Affection and Model Killer. If you’d like to support my work you can make tax-deductible contributions through Fractured Atlas.
Continue reading “Fractured Atlas 2017”Richard E. Sherwood Award Finalists
On October 17, 2017, Center Theatre Group announced three finalists in the Richard E. Sherwood Award, which included Gina Young and Hana Kim, and myself.
Continue reading “Richard E. Sherwood Award Finalists”Homecoming Queen’s Got a Gun 2017 (puppet design)
October 13th-21st, 2017, Julie Brown’s Homecoming Queen’s Got a Gun – The Musical, in which I designed a puppet opened at the Cavern Club Theater in Los Angeles for fourth run.
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On August 19th, 2017, there was a book launch for COLA 20, which included an image from my (In)/Animate Objects installation and a salon conversation I participated in focused on artists who embed feminist and queer ideas in their work.
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From August 18th-31st, 2017, Dave Made A Maze, an independent film I puppeteered on and fabricated for went into limited release after premiering at Slamdance.
Continue reading “Dave Made A Maze (fabricator, puppeteer)”Model Killer – Model Victims, Waterford, CT (workshop performance)
On June 16th + 17th, I presented an initial scene from Model Killer: Giant Crimes & Tiny Cover-Ups, as an artist-in-residence at the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center at the culmination of the National Puppetry Conference. Model Killer is a morbid comedy centered on Vivian Nutt, a disgruntled dollhouse maker turned investigator. Vivian builds dioramas of unsolved murders, only for it to be revealed that she is a serial killer. In Model Killer, I am creating a universe in which I invite the viewer to reconsider female serial killers, the historically feminine craft of miniatures, and murder as entertainment.
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