Janie Geiser – hausofmarsian

Automata Residency Announcement

Posted on June 28, 2020February 3, 2022 by hausofmarsian in Automata, Dollhouses, Dolls, Janie Geiser, Marsian De Lellis, Model Killer, Susan Simpson

still from *Automata: Selections from the Accidental Collection*

During the COVID-19 Pandemic, Automata awarded me a three week individual artist residency at its space in the Chinatown arts district of Los Angeles where I worked on the development of Model Killer.

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24700 (Blog)

Posted on March 29, 2019July 15, 2019 by hausofmarsian in (In)/Animate Objects, Acting, Art, Automata, Biopic, CalArts, Comedy, Design, Dollhouses, Dolls, Drama, Fabrication, Figurines, Gallery, Installation, Janie Geiser, LA, Los Angeles, Marsian De Lellis, Model Killer, National Puppetry Conference, Object Theatre, Performance, Performance Art, performing objects, Press, Puppetry, Puppets, Sculpture, Serial Killers, Susan Simpson, Table Top Puppetry, Theater, Toy Theatre, Track 16, Violence

On March 29, 2019, 24700, News from California Institute of the Arts featured my D+R Residency at Automata for Model Killer in their blog article by Katie Dunham.

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Foundation for Contemporary Arts (support)

Posted on August 14, 2018December 27, 2019 by hausofmarsian in Acting, Anna Sosenko Assist Trust, Automata, CCI Center for Cultural Innovation, Chris Sheets, Christine Papalexis, Fabrication, Figurines, Janie Geiser, Jim Henson Foundation, LA, Live Feed, Los Angeles, Marsian De Lellis, Michele Spears, NYC, Object of Her Affection, Object Sexuality, Object Sexuals, Object Theatre, Performance, Performance Art, performing objects, Puppetry, Puppets, Susan Simpson, Table Top Puppetry, The Foundation for Contemporary Arts, The Jim Henson Foundation, Theater

On August 14, 2018, Object of Her Affection and its performances at Automata as part of LAX Festival became the recipient of The Foundation for Contemporary Arts Emergency Grant.

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(In)/Animate Objects triptych, Automata

Posted on December 10, 2017December 27, 2019 by hausofmarsian in (In)/Animate Objects, Art, Design, Dolls, Fabrication, Gallery, Installation, Janie Geiser, LA, Los Angeles, Marsian De Lellis, Miniatures, Photographs, Susan Simpson

(In)/Animate Objects triptych, 32"x13.16", 2017, Marsian De Lellis — *(In)/Animate Objects triptyc*h, 32″x13.16″, limited edition archival print, 2016

From December 10th-20th, “(In)/Animate Objects triptych”, a limited edition photograph, was part of an auction for Automata.

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2018 Sherwood Award Finalists Interview (CTG Blog)

Posted on December 7, 2017August 22, 2019 by hausofmarsian in (In)/Animate Objects, Acting, Art, Biopic, Comedy, Design, Dolls, Drama, Fabrication, interview, Janie Geiser, Jim Henson Foundation, King of Pop's New Clothes, LGBT, Los Angeles, Marsian De Lellis, Michele Spears, Model Killer, Object of Her Affection, Object Theatre, Performance, Performance Art, performing objects, Press, Puppetry, Puppets, Rachel Rosenthal, Ronnie Burkett, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Surrealism, Table Top Puppetry

IMG_4221 Gina Young, Hana Kim, and Marsian De Lellis at Center Theatre Group, Los Angeles, 2017, Photo: Ryan Miller/Capture Imaging Sherwood — Gina Young, Hana Kim, and Marsian De Lellis at Center Theatre Group, Los Angeles, 2017, Photo: Ryan Miller / Capture Imaging Sherwood

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.

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A decade of the Puppet Slam Network

Posted on September 2, 2016August 17, 2019 by hausofmarsian in (CAOS) Calgary Animated Object Society, 14Karat Cabaret, Acting, Animal Cracker Conspiracy, Art, Atlanta, Automata, Baltimore, Biopic, Blood from a Turnip, Boston, Brookline, Brooklyn, CalArts, Calgary, cantastoria, Chicago, Christine Papalexis, Comedy, Curatorial, Cut Outs, Dance, Design, Dolls, Drama, Fabrication, Figurines, Film, Gallery, Great Arizona Puppet Theater, Great Small Works, Heather Henson, Ibex Puppetry, Improv, Installation, International Festival of Animated Objects, interview, Janie Geiser, John Bell, Judson Church, LA, Lantern Church, Links Hall, Live Feed, Los Angeles, Mad Cow Theatre, Marionettes, Marsian De Lellis, Musical, National Puppetry Festival, NYC, Object Theatre, Olympia, Orlando, Orlando Puppet Festival, Park Theater, Performance, Performance Art, performing objects, Perishable Theatre, Phoenix, Press, Providence, Puppet Showplace Theater, Puppet Slam Network, Puppeteers of America, Puppetry, Puppets, Revolving Museum, San Diego, San Francisco, Seattle, WA, Space Ark, Spoken Word, St. Ann's Warehouse, Surrealism, Susan Simpson, Table Top Puppetry, Theater, Theatre for the New City, Tim Lagasse, Toy Theatre, Transmodern Festival, Uconn, Valencia, Vanessa Gilbert, Video, Winnipeg, Xstine Cook

On September 2nd, 2016, I finished my tenure at the Puppet Slam Network (PSN), which I co-founded in 2005 with Heather Henson through support from her production company, Ibex Puppetry.

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DCA 2016 COLA Fellowship (support)

Posted on June 29, 2015August 19, 2019 by hausofmarsian in (In)/Animate Objects, Adrian Rose Leonard, Allison de Fren, Art, Artist Talk, Chris Sheets, Christine Papalexis, Design, Dolls, Fabrication, Figurines, Gallery, Installation, Janie Geiser, Jess McKay, Kate Katz, LA, LAMAG (Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery), Liz Hara, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs (DCA), Marsian De Lellis, Object of Her Affection, Object Sexuality, Object Sexuals, Performance, Performance Art, performing objects, Puppetry, Puppets, Sharon Challenger

On June 29th. 2015, I was awarded the 2015-2016 City of Los Angeles Individual Artist Fellowship from The Department of Cultural Affairs.

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Object of Her Affection, Automata (reading)

Posted on August 11, 2013August 1, 2019 by hausofmarsian in Animism, Automata, Biopic, Comedy, Janie Geiser, LA, Los Angeles, Marsian De Lellis, Object of Her Affection, Object Sexuality, Object Sexuals, Object Theatre, Performance Art, Puppetry, Puppets, Ronnie Burkett, Spoken Word, Susan Simpson, Written

Marsian De Lellis, 2013, Photo: Gina Marie Napolitan

On August 11th, 2013, Automata hosted a private reading of the script for Object of Her Affection,

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Portland Press Herald, (Puppet Slam Network)

Posted on January 28, 2013December 29, 2019 by hausofmarsian in (CAOS) Calgary Animated Object Society, 14Karat Cabaret, Acting, Animal Cracker Conspiracy, Art, Atlanta, Automata, Baltimore, Biopic, Blood from a Turnip, Boston, Brookline, Brooklyn, CalArts, Calgary, cantastoria, Chicago, Christine Papalexis, Comedy, Curatorial, Cut Outs, Dance, Design, Dolls, Drama, Fabrication, Figurines, Film, Gallery, Great Arizona Puppet Theater, Great Small Works, Heather Henson, Ibex Puppetry, Improv, Installation, International Festival of Animated Objects, interview, Janie Geiser, John Bell, Judson Church, LA, Lantern Church, Links Hall, Live Feed, Los Angeles, Mad Cow Theatre, Marionettes, Marsian De Lellis, Musical, National Puppetry Festival, NYC, Object Theatre, Olympia, Orlando, Orlando Puppet Festival, Park Theater, Performance, Performance Art, performing objects, Perishable Theatre, Phoenix, Press, Providence, Puppet Showplace Theater, Puppet Slam Network, Puppeteers of America, Puppetry, Puppets, Revolving Museum, San Diego, San Francisco, Seattle, WA, Space Ark, Spoken Word, St. Ann's Warehouse, Surrealism, Susan Simpson, Table Top Puppetry, Theater, Theatre for the New City, Tim Lagasse, Toy Theatre, Transmodern Festival, Uconn, Valencia, Vanessa Gilbert, Video, Winnipeg, Xstine Cook

On January 28th, 2013, The Portland Press Herald briefly covered my work with the Puppet Slam Network as part of a larger story on Blainor McGough, curator of King Friday’s Dungeon in Portland, ME.

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Object of Her Affection, Automata (reading)

Posted on November 30, 2012August 1, 2019 by hausofmarsian in Acting, Automata, Biopic, Comedy, Drama, Janie Geiser, LA, Los Angeles, Marsian De Lellis, Object of Her Affection, Object Sexuality, Object Sexuals, Object Theatre, Performance, Performance Art, performing objects, Puppetry, Puppets, Spoken Word, Susan Simpson, Table Top Puppetry, Theater, Voice

On Friday November 30th and Saturday December 1st, 2012, I performed an excerpt from the script of Object of Her Affection at Automata in Los Angeles.

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