Category: Object/Fetish

(In)/Animate Objects [Burial + Rebirth] at the Pacific Design Center, March 14-30 2025

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(In)/Animate Objects [Burial + Rebirth], 2025

My installation, (In)/Animate Objects [Burial + Rebirth], will debut at the Pacific Design Center as part of Queering Digital, curated by Steve Galindo and Jamison Edgar. The opening reception will take place on March 14, 2025, from 6–9 PM, with the exhibition running from March 14 to March 30.

While I have exhibited these dolls before, this format foregrounds the process of decay—an unraveling I’ve previously witnessed only in the privacy of my studio. By bringing this breakdown into public view, the work invites audiences to engage with cycles of deterioration and renewal as they unfold in real time. A time-lapse video, captured over the 17-day exhibition, adds another layer, offering an accelerated glimpse into the subtle, continuous shifts that occur as the dolls decompose and change.

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

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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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How We Got Stuck Together

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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” →

Los Angeles Downtown News (Los Angeles)

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On October 8, 2018, Downtown News featured Object of Her Affection in their ‘Don’t Miss’ List.

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Object/Fetish, Baltimore (artist talk)

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On  April 30, 2011, I presented my multimedia artist talk, Object/Fetish: Staging the Suspension of Disbelief  at a salon/art party in the H&H Arts Building in Baltimore as part of the Transmodern Festival. The artist talk was co-sponsored by the Maryland Institue College of Art’s Fiber, Sculpture and Humanistic Studies Departments.

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Object/Fetish, Storrs (Talk)

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Marsian De Lellis, 2011, Photo: Uconn Puppetry Department
Marsian De Lellis, 2011, Photo: Uconn Puppetry Department

In Friday, April 1st, 2011, I presented my artist-talk, Object/Fetish: Staging the Suspension of Disbelief in Every Day Life at the University of Connecticut in Storrs for the Puppetry and Postdramatic Performance Conference.

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Object/Fetish, Calgary (Talk)

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On March 13th, 2011 at 9:00PM, I presented my multi-media artist-talk, Object/Fetish: Staging the Suspension of Disbelief in Every Day Life at Club Sapien, a short-lived inclusive queer nightclub known for its community outrech in Calgary. My presentation of Object/Fetish was made in conjunction with the Calgary Animated Object Society (CAOS) and their International Festival of Animated Objects.

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Handmade Puppet Dreams, Calgary (appearance)

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On March 13th, 2011, I introduced a screening Handmade Puppet Dreams at the Plaza Theatre in Calgary,

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Calgary Herald (interview)

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On March 12th, 2011,  The Calgary Herald published an interview that described my work as “light years away from the child-oriented Muppets universe that Jim Henson introduced.” 

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Growing Up Linda, Calgary

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On March 11th and 12th, 2011, I performed Fudgie’s Death at International Festival of Animated Objects in Calgary.

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