Eli Presser – hausofmarsian

Model Killer at LAX Festival

Posted on October 8, 2023October 12, 2023 by hausofmarsian in Automata, Dollhouses, Eli Presser, Figurines, Hunter Wells, LA, Los Angeles, Marsian De Lellis, Michele Spears, Miniatures, Model Killer, Munchausen by proxy, Performance, Performance Art, performing objects, Puppetry, Puppets, Serial Killers, The Jim Henson Foundation, Theater, Tim Lagasse, Violence

Saturday, October 21 and Sunday, October 22, I will be presenting episode one from Model Killer: Giant Crimes + Tiny Cover-Ups at Automata in Los Angeles as part of the Live Arts Exchange [LAX] Festival. A disgruntled dollhouse maker turned investigator transforms herself into a blood thirsty serial killer in this noir walk-through puppetry experience that uses fragments of dollhouses as staging areas. Space is limited to 12 participants at a time. Get tickets.

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Reptile Under the Flowers, Los Angeles (fabrication, puppeteer)

Posted on May 21, 2009June 1, 2018 by hausofmarsian in Acting, Art, Automata, Cut Outs, Design, Dolls, Drama, Eli Presser, Fabrication, Figurines, Gallery, Installation, LA, Los Angeles, Marsian De Lellis, Museum of Jurassic Technology, Object Theatre, Performance, Performance Art, performing objects, Puppetry, Puppets, Sculpture, Shadow Puppetry, Table Top Puppetry, Theater, Toy Theatre, Video, Violence

From May 21-24, 2009, I was a puppeteer, puppet fabricator, and kinegram designer for Janie Geiser’s peepshow/diorama performance, Reptile Under the Flowers. Automata and the Museum of Jurassic Technology co-presented 45 performances of Reptile Under the Flowers for small groups over the course of 4 days at the The Foshay Masonic Lodge in Culver City, Los Angeles.

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Winter Windows (puppets on film)

Posted on October 15, 2007October 9, 2017 by hausofmarsian in Cat Solen, Eli Presser, Film, Katie Shook, LA, Los Angeles, Musical, Object Theatre, Performance, performing objects, Puppetry, Puppets, Video

For the official music video for Sea Wolf’s Winter Windows I animated the leaves of a forrest, and operated some hard to categorize puppets (including flying books, a spinning globe that transforms into a feline, a table that transforms into some sort of mammal, and a suitcase that transforms into a turtle).

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The Circus, Los Angeles (puppets on film)

Posted on April 26, 2007February 3, 2022 by hausofmarsian in Commercial, Eli Presser, Figurines, LA, Los Angeles, Marsian De Lellis, Object Theatre, Performance, Puppetry, Puppets, Table Top Puppetry, Toy Theatre

In April 2007, I puppeteered on The Circus, an eBaysodeTM (a pitch for eBay that featured toy theatre puppetry and object performance). I was brought on by production designer, Courtney Tuesday Yates and puppeteered with Laurie O’Brien, Kate Brown, and Eli Presser, who served as lead puppeteer. The shoot took place in Chinatown, Los Angeles.

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PuppetSlam.com – soft launch

Posted on March 9, 2006August 16, 2019 by hausofmarsian in Acting, Art, Atlanta, Baltimore, Blood from a Turnip, Bonnie Duncan, Boston, Brookline, Brooklyn, Calgary, cantastoria, Carole D'Agostino, Chicago, Christine Papalexis, Curatorial, Cut Outs, Dance, Design, Dolls, Eli Presser, Fabrication, Figurines, Film, Heather Henson, Improv, Installation, interview, Janie Geiser, LA, Leslie Cararra-Rudolph, Live Feed, Liz Hara, Los Angeles, Lowell, MA, Marionettes, Marsian De Lellis, New Orleans, New Smyrna Beach, NYC, Object Theatre, Olympia, Orlando, Performance, Performance Art, performing objects, Phoenix, Providence, Puppet Slam Network, Puppetry, Puppets, San Diego, Seattle, WA, Shadow Puppetry, Susan Simpson, Table Top Puppetry, Theater, Tim Lagasse, Toy Theatre, Valencia, Vanessa Gilbert, Winnipeg, Xstine Cook

On March 9th, 2006 I launched Puppetslam.com, a website that cataloged, connected, supported, and generated awareness for adult evenings of short-form puppetry and what would evolve into the Puppet Slam Network over the next decade.

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