Don+ is a DMV educator, writer, poet, and recording artist. He holds a Bachelors in English with a focus on rhetoric and composition from Claflin University and a Masters in Secondary English from New York University. His first EP, “R.A.W: Rhythm and Words,” was released in 2021 and charted at #32 on the iTunes R&B charts. Don+ is a 12-year veteran educator now working as a school administrator and Literacy Coach. He is preparing to release his first book of poetry and his second EP in 2024 and currently serves as a co-producer and MC of Electric Euphoria open mic series.
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
Birds, Bees
Birds, Bees is a performance that utilizes with amplified objects and live sound pulled from multiple audio technologies. Rooted in the noises and materials of Fucile's grandmother's beloved Lowcountry South Carolina, it is a reflection on a place and the passing of time.
Medium: performance
Year: 2018
Details: 12:30
Dada Morte
Dada Morte uses musical interpretations of an IBM computer punch card found among Fucile’s late father’s possessions. It also features melodica, voice, and electronics. This performance was part of the exhibition Memento Mori at The Parlor in Baltimore, MD and included live video projections by artist Brenton Lim.
Medium: performance
Year: 2022
Details: 16:52
X_X_I
X_X_I is an audiovisual manifestation of Carrie Fucile and Brenton Lim's intersecting ideas about technological upheavals from the twentieth century to the present. Fucile’s audio component consists of live vocals, melodica, MIDI keyboard, field recordings of hidden home and business technologies, and digitally generated sound. Lim’s live video is derived from his original block coding designed for the piece. This performance documented here was presented at The Center For The Arts, Towson University, Towson, MD.
Medium: performance
Year: 2023
Details: 16:06
Peter Wood, the Collector of the Impossible, presents incredible, magical objects with unparalleled showmanship.
He has appeared twice on national television, where Penn & Teller said his act was “beautiful, subtle.” Baltimore Magazine described Peter as “charming, witty, and amazing,” and Washington Business Journal said that he “will blow your mind.”