performing objects – 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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Puppetry Journal – review of “Object of Her Affection”

Posted on April 16, 2022May 9, 2022 by hausofmarsian in Chicago, Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival, Comedy, Dolls, Links Hall, Marsian De Lellis, Object of Her Affection, Object Sexuality, Object Sexuals, Object Theatre, Performance, Performance Art, performing objects, Press, Puppets, Theater

*Object of Her Affection*, photo Kelly Stuart

In April, The Puppetry Journal printed a review of Object of Her Affection by Marissa Fenley as part of its coverage of the Chicago International Puppet Theatre Festival.

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Object of Her Affection, Ann Boland Review

Posted on January 28, 2022February 3, 2022 by hausofmarsian in Acting, Chicago, Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival, Comedy, Design, Dolls, Drama, Fabrication, Links Hall, Marsian De Lellis, Object of Her Affection, Object Theatre, Performance, Performance Art, performing objects, Puppetry, Puppets, Table Top Puppetry, Theater

In a review of Object of Her Affection at the Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival, Ann Boland wrote on her blog, that the performance was “weird, amazing, funny, endearing, way over-the-top”.

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Staging the Non-Human Character: Animal, Alien, or Architecture (Symposium / Streaming)

Posted on January 18, 2022February 2, 2022 by hausofmarsian in (In)/Animate Objects, Addiction, Animism, Art, Art Institute of Chicago, Artist Talk, Artist-Educator, Chicago, Figurines, LGBT, Miniatures, Object of Her Affection, Object Sexuality, Object Sexuals, Object Theatre, Object/Fetish, Performance, Performance Art, performing objects, Puppetry, Puppets, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Slides, Table Top Puppetry, The Jim Henson Foundation, Theater, Toy Theatre

Saturday, January 22, 2022, I discussed the creation and development of Object of Her Affection at a symposium, Staging the Non-Human Character; Animal, Alien, or Architecture with Maria Camia, Nick Lehane, Basil Twist, and moderator, Dr. Paulette Richards. The symposium, part of the Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival streamed at on HowlRound.

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Object of Her Affection, Puppetry Journal

Posted on January 16, 2022February 3, 2022 by hausofmarsian in Acting, Chicago, Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival, Comedy, Drama, Links Hall, Marsian De Lellis, Object of Her Affection, Object Sexuality, Object Sexuals, Object Theatre, Performance, Performance Art, performing objects, Puppeteers of America, Puppetry, Puppets, Table Top Puppetry

The Fall 2021 Edition of The Puppetry Journal profiled the Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival, including Object of Her Affection, which performed as part of the festival.

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Model Killer, American Puppet Theater Today, New York

Posted on September 29, 2021February 3, 2022 by hausofmarsian in Gallery, Jim Henson Foundation, NYC, Performance, Performance Art, performing objects, Photographs, Puppetry, Puppets

September 29 to October 10, 2021, a photograph from a workshop of Model Killer: Giant Crimes + Tiny Cover-ups was part of the exhibition, American Puppet Theater Today: The Photography of Richard Termine. The exhibit was presented by the Jim Henson Foundation at La MaMa Galleria in New York City.

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24700 Automata Residency

Posted on July 7, 2020February 4, 2022 by hausofmarsian in Acting, Art, Automata, Comedy, Cut Outs, Design, Dollhouses, Dolls, Drama, Fabrication, Figurines, Gallery, Installation, Los Angeles, Marsian De Lellis, Model Killer, Munchausen by proxy, Object Theatre, Performance, Performance Art, performing objects, Puppetry, Puppets, Serial Killers, Susan Simpson, Table Top Puppetry, Theater, Toy Theatre, Violence, Written

On July 9th, 2020, 24700, news from California Institute for the Arts blog announced my individual artist residency Automata to develop Model Killer: Giant Crimes + Tiny Cover-ups.

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Model Killer, American Puppetry Today, The Photography of Richard Termine, Charleville-Mézières

Posted on September 8, 2019December 25, 2019 by hausofmarsian in Acting, Dollhouses, Dolls, Eugene O'Neill Theater Center, Figurines, Guilford, CT, Marsian De Lellis, Miniatures, Model Killer, National Puppetry Conference, Object Theatre, Performance, Performance Art, performing objects, Photographs, Puppetry, Puppets, Serial Killers, Table Top Puppetry, Theater, Toy Theatre, Violence

From September 20th-29th, 2019, a photograph from Model Killer will be part of American Puppetry Today, The Photography of Richard Termine in Charleville-Mézières, France.

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How We Got Stuck Together

Posted on April 8, 2019May 22, 2022 by hausofmarsian in (In)/Animate Objects, Acting, Animism, Art, Artist Talk, Automata, Biopic, Comedy, Debra Broz, Design, Dollhouses, Dolls, Fabrication, Figurines, Gallery, Installation, LA, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs (DCA), Marsian De Lellis, Miniatures, Model Killer, Object of Her Affection, Object Sexuality, Object Sexuals, Object Theatre, Object/Fetish, Performance, Performance Art, performing objects, Puppetry, Puppets, REDCAT, Serial Killers, Table Top Puppetry, Theater, Track 16, Violence

**Detail from *(In)/Animate Objects Panel #1*, 2019, photo: Track 16**

Whether it’s disintegrating dolls, mutant ceramic bunnies, or rescue animal pinups, the artists of Stuck Together: Marsian De Lellis, Simone Gad, Debra Broz, playfully handcraft responses to mass-produced objects and images charged with autobiographical fragments. Join me on a virtual tour, where we can survey the work for context… Continue reading “How We Got Stuck Together” →

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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