Kate Bornstein, Feast of Fun (podcast)

On September 18th, 2006, Kate Bornstein appeared on the Chicago-based LGBTQ comedy podcast, Feast of Fun Podcast #390 – A Fate Better Than Death,  to discuss their book, Hello Cruel World: 101 Alternatives to Suicide for Teens, Freaks and Other Outlaws. In talking with Fausto Ferños and Marc Felion, they briefly discussed my performance work.

“Marsian hails back to a long tradition of artistic fools, who twist the culture around well beyond the regular artistic way of twisting culture around to a point of impossibility and absurdity that makes you rethink all of reality”

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Feast of Fun #216 – Tips + Trends for 2006, Chicago (interview)

On January 3rd, 2006, I appeared on Feast of Fun podcast (then Feast of Fools), a Chicago-based LGBTQ comedy podcast hosted by Fausto Ferños and Marc Felion.

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Finocchio – Women & Performance, (published)

Women & Performance, 2005

In 2005, Women And Performance: A Journal Of Feminist Theory published photos from my installation, Finocchio: The Holiday Classic For Finocchio I reimagined the idea of a commercial holiday window injected contemporary themes including gender, technologies that can alter the body, and addiction. The narrative was centered on a marionette “trapped” in the body of a boy-gyrrrl and hir journey to self-actualization. I created the original installation during the holiday season at the Dirt Palace, a feminist art space located in an abandoned library building in Olneyville, RI .

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Wham Bam Trans, Pawtucket, RI (exhibition)

Gemini (conjoined at genitals), ©2004 Marsian De Lellis
Gemini (conjoined at genitals), ©2004 Marsian De Lellis

On April 17th, 2004, I exhibited my sculpture Gemini (conjoined at genitals) as part of the WhamBamTrans Arts Festival. Curated by Luke Woodward and Corinne Teed, the exhibition and arts festival took place at a warehouse in Pawtucket, Rhode Island and included visual art, film and performances made by trans and gender queer creators.  WhamBamTranswas sponsored by the Creative Arts Council at Brown Univeristy, the school’s Queer Alliance, and the Equity Action Fund.

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InNewsweekly, Boston (press)

On April 14th, 2004, InNewsweely reviewed Ryan Landry’s Pussy on the House at Machine (The Ramrod Center for the Performing Arts), in Boston in This is really good ‘Pussy’ – With Pussy on the House, Ryan Landry creates a warped take on Cat on a Hot Tin Roof  by James A. Lopata. Adapted from Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, in Pussy on the House follows fading children’s show star, Brick, who returns to the family polyester plantation so he can reconcile with his dying parent, Big Mama. In Pussy on the House, I created puppets from repurposed taxidermy (Skipper, Brick’s secret raccoon lover and children’s show co-star) and performed in a number of roles, including as Aphrodite’s understudy.  There were 20 performances between March 25th and April 24th, 2004.

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Pussy on the House, Boston (actor, puppet design)

Pussy On The House, 2004, Photo: Joel Benjamin
Pussy On The House, 2004, Photo: Joel Benjamin

On March 25th, 2004, Ryan Landry’s Pussy on the House opened at Machine (The Ramrod Center for the Performing Arts), in Boston.  Adapted from Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, in Pussy on the House follows Brick, a fading children’s show star, who returns to the family’s polyester plantation so he can reconcile with his dying parent, Big Mama. In Pussy on the House, I repurposed taxidermy into puppets to create Skipper (Brick’s children’s show co-star and secret lover who happens to be a raccoon), and squirrels who torment, Sukie (big Mama’s lover). I also performed in a number of ancillary roles, including as Aphrodite’s understudy.  Pussy on the House was the recipient of the Elliot Norton Award. There were 20 performances between March 25th and April 24th, 2004.

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The Weekly Dig, Boston (press)

In December 17th, 2003, The Weekly Dig (a free alternative weekly from Boston), said of my puppetry work in Who’s Afraid of the Virgin Mary that it was “making the ridiculous insane in the best sense.” and that “The Barbie Doll nativity scene alone is worth the ticket price.”  Who’s Afraid of the Virgin Mary,  was Ryan Landry’s holiday adaptation of Albee’s Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? at Machine in Boston in which I designed, created and activated puppets.

Edge, Boston (Press)

On December 12, 2003,  from The Edge covered Who’s Afraid of the Virgin Mary?, Ryan Landry’s holiday adaptation of Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf  in which I designed, built, and performed puppets. In the write up, my contribution to the production was characterized as “dead funny puppeteering”

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