Much of my work is about people and animals, young and old. Pieces often convey joy and playfulness, reflection, a child’s spontaneity, and the person’s inner character. In my artwork I start with sheets of stained glass and, after cutting them into tiny pieces of certain shapes, I transform them into a mosaic that tells an emotional story.
estrellita beatriz, who uses the pronouns starr, e, bea, or anything non-gendered offered gingerly, is a poly-disciplinary artistic facilitator, doula, educator, and change shaper. e started stage managing storefront theatres in Albuquerque, New Mexico, as a junior in high school. bea’s work as an artistic facilitator mixed with starr’s ancestral healing practice lead e to become a death doula and ritual writer. Working at the praxis of grief, ritual, and theatre, starr hopes to help guide folks back to their bodies through boundaries, intentional conversations, and plant medicine.
Lindsay Bottos (b.1992) is a Baltimore- based multidisciplinary artist working mostly in photography, video, and poetry. Known for her dreamy, nostalgic aesthetic and work about new media and the internet, Lindsay works as a fine artist, freelance photographer, prop stylist, and creative director on photo and video sets. Their work often explores themes related to identity, body image, and the representation of women in media and popular culture.
I am an artist, metalsmith, bookbinder, and printmaker. I have been making things my whole life and enjoy sharing what I learn with other people especially including hands-on components!
Material Actions
Material Actions is a performance created with video artist Mark Brown. The piece was originally developed for the Dutch Cabinet at the Walters Art Museum in Baltimore, Maryland and premiered as part of their 2016 ART/SOUND/NOW series.
In this performance Fucile used a series of contact microphones to "play" common, modern materials such as bricks, coins, and a fan. Brown projects a sound-reactive video behind me. The work work considers the economics of the Dutch Golden Age and the modern museum.
In this performance Fucile used a series of contact microphones to "play" common, modern materials such as bricks, coins, and a fan. Brown projects a sound-reactive video behind me. The work work considers the economics of the Dutch Golden Age and the modern museum.
Medium: performance
Year: 2016
Details: 30:00
Occupational Enterprises
Occupational Enterprises is a performance where Fucile rearranges 200 white bricks into a series of structures for sixty minutes. Each one is toppled before building another. The sound of the moving, stacked, and collapsed bricks is transmitted by a contact microphone attached to the floor and distorted by a series of effects.
In addition to Fucile's Italian immigrant ancestry, the work was informed by several texts. The first, Hito Steyerl’s essay: “Is a Museum a Factory?,” observes that many places where employees worked on factory lines have recently been transformed into sites of artistic labor. Indeed, many cultural institutions and artist studios are in former industrial spaces. The second, Pietro DiDonato’s novel Christ in Concrete, tells the story of an Italian immigrant bricklayer who is killed on the job due to unsafe conditions and whose eldest son is forced to leave school to support his family.
In addition to Fucile's Italian immigrant ancestry, the work was informed by several texts. The first, Hito Steyerl’s essay: “Is a Museum a Factory?,” observes that many places where employees worked on factory lines have recently been transformed into sites of artistic labor. Indeed, many cultural institutions and artist studios are in former industrial spaces. The second, Pietro DiDonato’s novel Christ in Concrete, tells the story of an Italian immigrant bricklayer who is killed on the job due to unsafe conditions and whose eldest son is forced to leave school to support his family.
Medium: performance
Year: 2017
Details: 01:00:00