Surrealism – Page 4 – hausofmarsian

UNIMA-USA (Support)

Posted on January 28, 2008August 15, 2019 by hausofmarsian in Birthday Trauma, cantastoria, Comedy, Dolls, Edinburgh, Edinburgh Fringe, Eugean Seo, Figurines, Fudgie's Death, Growing Up Linda, Jackie Kay Knox, Janie Geiser, Joel Egger, Live Feed, LSD Kills, Lynn Jeffries, Marsian De Lellis, Performance, Performance Art, performing objects, PJ McWhiskers, Pop-Ups, Puppetry, Puppets, Rachel Weir, Song, Stop-motion, Surrealism, Susan Simpson, Table Top Puppetry, Theater, Toy Theatre, UNIMA-USA, Venue 13, Video

In 2008, I was the recipient of funding from UNIMA-USA for the run of Growing Up Linda at the Edinburgh Fringe.

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Puppets from the Edge 2006, Orlando (curatorial)

Posted on November 5, 2006February 8, 2019 by hausofmarsian in Acting, Art, cantastoria, Comedy, Curatorial, Cut Outs, Design, Dolls, Drama, Fabrication, Figurines, Film, Heather Henson, Ibex Puppetry, Improv, Mad Cow Theatre, Marsian De Lellis, Object Theatre, Orlando, Orlando Puppet Festival, Performance, Performance Art, performing objects, Puppetry, Puppets, Surrealism, Table Top Puppetry, Theater

On Sunday, November 5th, 2006, I curated and hosted Puppets from the Edge at Mad Cow Theatre in Orlando

with Heather Henson. Puppets from the Edge was an evening of short-form puppetry for adults at the 2nd annual Orlando Puppet Festival that ran from November 1st through November 5th. The lineup included Harmony McChesney and Gary Alexander with Medea, Mark Baratelli with Improv-Cabaret, Wavy Davy with Rant, Shitty Bedford and Kevin Huey with The Dawning of Melted Telephone, Tom Blasco with Fleece in Space, James Donmoyer and Scotty Shoemaker with Stupid SciFi, Elaine Corbitt with Zombie Vacation, and Omnipresent Toychest with Akshun Fogyerz

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Rango Tango, Waterford, CT (performance)

Posted on June 23, 2006February 3, 2022 by hausofmarsian in Dance, Design, Eugene O'Neill Theater Center, Fabrication, Marionettes, Marsian De Lellis, National Puppetry Conference, Performance, Performance Art, Puppetry, Puppets, Surrealism, Theater, Waterford

O'Neill Theater Center, Rango Tango, ©2006 Marsian De Lellis — O’Neill Theater Center, *Rango Tango*, ©2006 Marsian De Lellis

On July 23rd and 24th, 2006, I performed my short marionette dance piece, Rango Tango, in the Dina Merrill Theater at the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center in Waterford, Connecticut. The performance was part the 2006 National Puppetry Conference where I worked with marionettist, Phillip Huber who choreographed the piece. Funding for my time at the O’Neill was made possible with funding the Kevin Clash Minority Scholarship.

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Daytona Beach News Journal

Posted on October 27, 2005August 14, 2019 by hausofmarsian in Acting, Addiction, Art, Atlantic Center for the Arts, Bonnie Duncan, cantastoria, Cut Outs, Design, Fabrication, Figurines, Film, Food, Gainers and Feeders, Heather Henson, Installation, Janie Geiser, Katie Shook, LA, Los Angeles, Marsian De Lellis, New Smyrna Beach, Paul Zaloom, Performance, Performance Art, performing objects, Puppetry, Puppets, Surrealism, Table Top Puppetry, Theater, Toy Theatre

On October 27th, 2005, The Daytona Beach News Journal covered a residency I was part of at the Atlantic Center for the Arts and the event in which I performed a scene from Growing Up Linda.

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Atlantic Center for the Arts, New Smyrna Beach (residency)

Posted on October 10, 2005August 14, 2019 by hausofmarsian in Acting, Addiction, Art, Atlantic Center for the Arts, Bonnie Duncan, cantastoria, Cut Outs, Design, Fabrication, Figurines, Film, Food, Gainers and Feeders, Heather Henson, Installation, Janie Geiser, Katie Shook, LA, Los Angeles, Marsian De Lellis, New Smyrna Beach, Paul Zaloom, Performance, Performance Art, performing objects, Puppetry, Puppets, Surrealism, Table Top Puppetry, Theater, Toy Theatre

From October 10th-30th, 2005 I was an artist in residence at the Atlantic Center for the Arts in New Smyrna Beach, Florida.

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Finocchio – Women & Performance, (published)

Posted on February 1, 2005October 28, 2017 by hausofmarsian in Art, Dirt Palace, Dolls, Figurines, Finnochio, Gallery, LGBT, Olneyville, Press, Providence, Puppetry, Puppets, Surrealism, Written

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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Growing Up Linda, Woods-Gerry Gallery, Providence

Posted on December 17, 2004August 15, 2019 by hausofmarsian in Comedy, David Hanbury, Film, Gallery, Growing Up Linda, LSD Kills, Marsian De Lellis, Performance, Performance Art, PJ McWhiskers, Providence, Puppetry, Puppets, Surrealism, Theater, Video, Woods-Gerry Gallery

From December 17th 2004 – January 11th, 2005, I exhibited LSD Kills, a video installation at Woods-Gerry Gallery in Providence.

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Finocchio, Olneyville, RI (installation)

Posted on December 29, 2002October 28, 2017 by hausofmarsian in Dirt Palace, Dolls, Finnochio, Gallery, LGBT, Marsian De Lellis, Olneyville, Plastic Surgery, Providence, Puppetry, Puppets, Surrealism

During the holiday season of 2002-2003, I created the installation, Finocchio: The Holiday Classic at the Dirt Palace, a feminist art space located in an abandoned library building in Olneyville, RI.

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Chicago Journal, (press)

Posted on April 5, 2001July 28, 2017 by hausofmarsian in Art, Chicago, Design, Dolls, Fabrication, Gallery, Gallery 2, Installation, Marsian De Lellis, performing objects, Press, Puppetry, Puppets, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Surrealism

On April 5th, 2001, images of my work from the Undergraduate Exhibition at Gallery 2 in Chicago (one of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago galleries) were featured in the Chicago Journal.

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Puppet Runway, Chicago (performance)

Posted on June 23, 2000October 27, 2017 by hausofmarsian in Chicago, Dance, Design, Early Puppets, Fabrication, Marionettes, Marsian De Lellis, Performance, Performance Art, Puppetry, Puppets, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Surrealism, Toy Theatre

Photo: Jean Lachat, Chicago Sun Times, 2000

On Friday, June 23rd, 2000, I performed Puppet Runway at the Columbus Drive Performance Space at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago at the culmination of their summer Puppetry Institute. Assisting me with puppeteering in these performances was Maya Press. Later in 2002, I performed Puppet Runway at Perishable theater in Providence, RI