September 27—October 13, 2018
OBJECT OF HER AFFECTION - World Premiere!
MARSIAN DE LELLIS
A Co-Presentation of Automata and LAX FESTIVALOBJECT OF HER AFFECTION
Automata and Los Angeles Performance Practice are excited to co-present the World Premiere of Marsian De Lellis’ Object of Her Affection, as part of the 6th annual LAX FESTIVAL. This compelling new solo work is an object and puppet-based performance art piece centered on a woman who, in her search for true love, develops intimate relationships with inanimate objects.
Created by Marsian De Lellis, and developed with director Michele Spears, this unconventional love story explores the synesthetic relationship between objects and personalities, and the ways that objects can occupy more than one meaning at any given time.
Object of Her Affection follows the emotional journey of protagonist Andrea Lowe, after she has mysteriously fallen from a building. In her final moments, she reflects on her meaningful relationships starting with her first love, a baby’s blanket. As an adolescent, she loses her virginity to a bad-boy hunting rifle and subsequently becomes infatuated with a controversial wall. As Andrea evolves, so do her desires. Each of her relationships has a profound effect, shaping Andrea’s views on life and love. (Read More)
LA Weekly, on DeLellis' work in progress performance:
“The piece, which questions on a cosmic level our artificial divide between the animate and the inanimate, has the appealing, droll humor and structural unity of a David Sedaris story.”
There will be twelve performances over three weekends from September 27th to October 13th at Automata as part of Los Angeles Exchange [LAX] Festival, 6th Ed., produced by Los Angeles Performance Practice.
Performance Times September 27 - October13, 2018
Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays at 8:00PM
Sundays at 7:00PM
TO SEE OBJECT OF HER AFFECTION AT AUTOMATA, CLICK HERE FOR TICKETS
NOTE: This performance is not suitable for children.
Biographies:
Marsian De Lellis (writer, performer, creator) is an interdisciplinary artist who combines sculpture, objects, installation, performance and handmade spectacles to memorialize obsessional lives. Their work celebrates stories of unconventional people whose private manias become public fodder for tabloids and reality television.
Michele Spears (director) is a director/choreographer, performer, theatre producer, and arts educator. Her work has been recognized with New York Nightlife, L.A. Weekly, Saturn, UNIMA, Stagescene L.A., Dramalogue, and Santa Barbara Independent Awards, as well as American Choreographers Award and Ovation Award nominations.
Also on view:
Marsian De Lellis' Installation (In)/Animate Objects in Automata's Windows:
A mountain of decaying rag dolls towers to the ceiling upon which their maker, the grandmother, presides from the throne of her wingback chair. The dolls testify to the insatiable need for love at the heart of the obsessional life. (Suitable for all ages) Read/see more
for further information: info@losangelesperformancepractice.org
photo : Rafael Hernandez