Written – hausofmarsian

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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Love Lost and the Enchantment of Objects by Jacki Apple (essay)

Posted on November 2, 2018July 15, 2019 by hausofmarsian in (In)/Animate Objects, Acting, Animism, Art, Automata, Comedy, Design, Dolls, Drama, Fabrication, Gallery, Jim Henson Foundation, LGBT, Los Angeles, Marsian De Lellis, Michele Spears, Object of Her Affection, Object Sexuality, Object Sexuals, Object Theatre, Performance, Performance Art, performing objects, Photographs, Press, Puppetry, Puppets, Table Top Puppetry, The Jim Henson Foundation, Theater, Written

On November 2, 2018, Jacki Apple wrote Love Lost and the Enchantment of Objects, a critical essay on my performance, Object of Her Affection, for Fabrik in her column, Peripheral Visions: Perspectives on Performance, Media and Culture.

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Walt Disney Co. + Eugene O’Neill Theater Center (support)

Posted on June 1, 2017December 27, 2019 by hausofmarsian in Dollhouses, Dolls, Eugene O'Neill Theater Center, Marsian De Lellis, Model Killer, National Puppetry Conference, O'Neill Theater Center, Performance, Performance Art, performing objects, Puppetry, Puppets, Sharon Challenger, Violence, Waterford, Written

Model Killer, 2017, Photo: Richard Termine

In June 2017, The Walt Disney Company and the Eugene O’Neill Center underwrote an artist-in-residence for Model Killer as part of the National Puppetry Conference.

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O’Neill Theater Center (support)

Posted on June 1, 2016December 27, 2019 by hausofmarsian in Dollhouses, Dolls, Eugene O'Neill Theater Center, Marsian De Lellis, Model Killer, O'Neill Theater Center, Puppetry, Puppets, Theater, Written

In June 2016, I was the recipient of funding for the Eugene O’Neill Center Alumni to worked on the script for Model Killer.

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Who’s the Puppet Now?, Calgary

Posted on March 12, 2015December 27, 2019 by hausofmarsian in (CAOS) Calgary Animated Object Society, Calgary, Press, Puppetry, Puppets, Sean Dennie, Written, Xstine Cook

Marsian De Lellis, Calgary, 2011, photo: Sean Dennie — Marsian De Lellis, Calgary,
2011, photo: Sean Dennie

In March 2015, Who’s The Puppet Now?, a coffee table book of Sean Dennie’s photos was published. Created by the Calgary Animated Objects Society, the edition included a photos from my performances, Growing Up Linda – Fudgie’s Death during its run at the International Festival of Animated Objects and Object of Her Affection at REDCAT.

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Contemporary Performance Almanac 2015 (book)

Posted on December 30, 2014August 26, 2019 by hausofmarsian in Animism, Birthday Trauma, Bride of Wildenstein - The Musical, Fudgie's Death, Gainers and Feeders, Growing Up Linda, LSD Kills, Marsian De Lellis, Michele Spears, NYC, Object of Her Affection, Object Sexuality, Object Sexuals, Performance, Performance Art, performing objects, Photographs, Plastic Surgery, Press, Puppetry, Puppets, Table Top Puppetry, Theater, Toy Theatre, Video, Written

On December 30th, 2014, an entry on Object of Her Affection was published in the 2015 Contemporary Performance Almanac.

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OBJECT OF HER AFFECTION Runs this Weekend at Automata, BroAdway world (7/15/2014)

Posted on July 15, 2014February 3, 2022 by hausofmarsian in Acting, Allison de Fren, Animism, Automata, Design, Drama, Fabrication, Jim Henson Foundation, LA, Los Angeles, Marsian De Lellis, Object of Her Affection, Object Sexuality, Object Sexuals, Object Theatre, Performance, Performance Art, performing objects, Puppetry, Puppets, REDCAT, Table Top Puppetry, The Jim Henson Foundation, Theater, Written

Object of Her Affection, REDCAT NOW Festival, 2014, Photo: Steve Gunther

On July 14, 2014, Tyler Peterson covered Object of Her Affection in Broadway World. Object of Her Affection is a solo object and puppet-based performance art piece centered on a woman, who in her search for true love develops intimate relationships with inanimate objects.

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