bio

Maralie received her BFA in Sculpture from KCAI and her MFA in Digital + Media from RISD. She is entranced by liminality in cultures, genders, and technologies. In her master’s thesis, Engendered Machines and Humanbeasts, human-machine interaction in sound and performance is examined and the noisy creations of Elsa Von Freytag-Loringhoven, a gender transgressive costume designer/sculptor/poet/performance artist hailing from the early 19th century, are highlighted. In it Maralie also conceived the term ‘Great Grandchildren of the Machine’ to describe a generation of machine/interface building artists (including herself) who were:

“ ... raised in a post-industrial society witnessing the rise of the personal computer, subjected to synthesized top 40 hits and exposed to computer familiarization programs in primary school (1980’s). The great grandchildren observed the cultural transition from analog to digital; the transition into the Information Age. We cling to our cassettes, LPs, and VHS collections while adopting Compact Discs, DVDs and MP3s.... We design idiosyncratic machines to assist the expression of robust human experiences.”

Maralie’s background in sculpture, performance, textiles and experimental music all combine into rich multi-mediated works that examine the evolution of ritual and emotional expression through technology. This includes translating her frustrated relationship with programming into performance and documenting it as Processing code.

Currently based in Providence, RI, she performs in Humanbeast with humanola.