Miniatures – 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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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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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” →

(In)/Animate Objects triptych, Automata

Posted on December 10, 2017December 27, 2019 by hausofmarsian in (In)/Animate Objects, Art, Design, Dolls, Fabrication, Gallery, Installation, Janie Geiser, LA, Los Angeles, Marsian De Lellis, Miniatures, Photographs, Susan Simpson

(In)/Animate Objects triptych, 32"x13.16", 2017, Marsian De Lellis — *(In)/Animate Objects triptyc*h, 32″x13.16″, limited edition archival print, 2016

From December 10th-20th, “(In)/Animate Objects triptych”, a limited edition photograph, was part of an auction for Automata.

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Model Killer – Model Victims, Waterford, CT (workshop performance)

Posted on June 16, 2017September 23, 2023 by hausofmarsian in Acting, Art, cantastoria, Comedy, Derron Wood, Design, Dollhouses, Dolls, Drama, Eugene O'Neill Theater Center, Fabrication, Figurines, Marsian De Lellis, Miniatures, Model Killer, Munchausen by proxy, National Puppetry Conference, Object Theatre, Performance, Performance Art, performing objects, Puppetry, Puppets, Sculpture, Serial Killers, Sharon Challenger, Toy Theatre, Violence, Waterford

Model Killer, 2017, Photo: Richard Termine — *Model Killer*, 2017, Photo: Richard Termine

On June 16th + 17th, I presented an initial scene from Model Killer: Giant Crimes & Tiny Cover-Ups, as an artist-in-residence at the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center at the culmination of the National Puppetry Conference. Model Killer is a morbid comedy centered on Vivian Nutt, a disgruntled dollhouse maker turned investigator. Vivian builds dioramas of unsolved murders, only for it to be revealed that she is a serial killer. In Model Killer, I am creating a universe in which I invite the viewer to reconsider female serial killers, the historically feminine craft of miniatures, and murder as entertainment.

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American Theatre (magazine)

Posted on April 20, 2017August 22, 2019 by hausofmarsian in Acting, Art, cantastoria, Comedy, Derron Wood, Design, Dollhouses, Dolls, Drama, Eugene O'Neill Theater Center, Fabrication, Figurines, Marsian De Lellis, Melissa Dunphy, Miniatures, Model Killer, Munchausen by proxy, National Puppetry Conference, Object Theatre, Performance, Performance Art, performing objects, Puppetry, Puppets, Sculpture, Serial Killers, Sharon Challenger, Table Top Puppetry, Theater, Toy Theatre, Violence, Waterford

On April 20th, 2017, American Theatre, announced the 2017 season at the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center, including my artist-in-residence for Model Killer.

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Model Killer – 2016, Waterford, CT (private reading)

Posted on June 17, 2016August 23, 2019 by hausofmarsian in Dollhouses, Dolls, Eugene O'Neill Theater Center, Figurines, Marsian De Lellis, Miniatures, Model Killer, Performance, Performance Art, Puppetry, Puppets, Serial Killers, Spoken Word, Theater, Violence, Waterford

On June 17th, 2016, I presented a private reading of excerpts from Model Killer at the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center in Waterford, Connecticut.

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CalArts, MFA (education)

Posted on May 15, 2009October 18, 2017 by hausofmarsian in Acting, Addiction, Animism, Art, Birthday Trauma, Bride of Wildenstein - The Musical, CalArts, cantastoria, Curatorial, Cut Outs, Dance, Design, Dolls, Edinburgh Fringe, Fabrication, Figurines, Food, Fudgie's Death, Gainers and Feeders, Gallery, Growing Up Linda, Improv, Janie Geiser, Jocelyn Wildenstein, LA, Live Feed, Los Angeles, Marionettes, Marsian De Lellis, Miniatures, Object Theatre, Performance, Performance Art, performing objects, Plastic Surgery, Pop-Ups, Puppetry, Puppets, REDCAT, REDCAT Studio, Shadow Puppetry, Susan Simpson, Table Top Puppetry, Theater, Toy Theatre, Valencia, Video, Voice, Written

Growing Up Linda, design, ©2007 Marsian De Lellis — *Growing Up Linda*, design, ©2007 Marsian De Lellis

On May 15th, 2009 I earned my MFA degree from California Institute for the Arts (CalArts) in Scenic Design in the Puppetry track from the Theater School and the Cotsen Center for Puppetry and the Arts. I attended CalArts between 2006-2009 under the mentorship of Janie Geiser and Susan Simpson and developed two major productions, Growing Up Linda and Bride of Wildenstein – The Musical,.

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