Mall Brat, Civil Coping Mechanism, 2016
Mall Brat is a full-length collection of poetry, prose and hybrid text that traverses the life of an American girl who comes of age during the 2008 market crash.
Blurb: “The swerving syntax and disassociated anguish and bliss of Laura Marie Marciano’s poetry-prose hybrid indict consumerism while catching us up in a headlong rush—unsure whether to chuckle or weep. And we do both, unsettlingly, over and over again. The text is an unnerving primer full of plastic and anime, oblique and half-finished conversations, sometimes written in haunting see Dick and Jane direct address, that builds through repetition, abrupt jump-cuts, and effective Instagram-like visual juxtaposition. Mall Brat brims with a flourishing, unapologetic sexuality and bravely upends a litany of reductive tropes with sophisticated emotional depth.”
—Peter Covino, PEN America Award Winner; NEA Award Winner; author of The Right Place to Jump
I have worked as a creative strategist and art director on a variety of interactive media and live events at Brooklyn Public Library, ARTBook at MoMA PS1, A.I.R Gallery, and other venues.
Atlantic Tunnel
Co-Produced, Designed, and Performed in interactive media performance below Atlantic Avenue in the oldest, non active Subway tunnel in Brooklyn, NY. Elements included sourced lightening, projection art, and live performers.
Affiliation: CUNY Brooklyn College
Atlantic Yards
Co-Produced, Designed and Performed in a community event to lament the loss of downtown Brooklyn to Barclay Center. Work included an ethnographic study of residents; A 3.5 mile procession around the neighborhood with drums; An experimental opera in a local bar. Affiliation: CUNY Brooklyn College
Can’t Make It To Dinner? Join Us for Dessert
Co-Produced, Designed and Performed in a multi-room, interactive media performance in St. Cecilia’s Convent in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. Audiences were led through a spooky dinner party, with each room inhabited by a different interactive installation. Affiliation: CUNY Brooklyn College.
Open Swim
Co-Produced and Designed two interactive events at a Times Square boutique hotel pool. Events included live music, and relational performers in pool and at bar.
Why I Breathe
Produced and Designed a campaign for breathing and the reasons to keep doing it! Elements included an interactive website with a grid of black and white videos of various participants breathing; Serene “Breathing Stations” set up at locations across Brooklyn, including the Brooklyn Public Library, Main Branch and a Stephen Colbert event; a final dance, music, and text media performance first performed in the lobby of Castlebraid in Bushwick.
Living With
Co-Produced and Designed an event for World AIDS Day. Elements included a reading series; a dance piece in the 33 windows facing Eastern Parkway; an experimental opera on the steps of the library. Affiliation: Brooklyn Public Library
Gemstone Readings
Produce web and site-specific events for media arts collective. Work has been presented at A.I.R. Gallery, MoMA PS1, Brown University, and elsewhere.
Twinnish for LAMM
Co-Produced, designed and directed interactive art and commerce event which included performance by Bunny Michael and fashion styling by Women’s History Museum. Affiliation: Artbook at MoMA PS1
D’Avlia for LAMM
Co-Produced, designed and directed an interactive art and commerce events which included a photography display by June Canedo and fashion styling by Tess Herbert. Affiliation: Artbook at MoMA PS1.
Barrow Street Press (2019 - 2020)
Design and direct cover art for new press titles between 2018-2020.
Zaro Family Bakery (2019-Present)
Write dynamic, original copy for chain-restaurant, with work being displayed around NYC.
LOST Feelings (2019- Present)
Write dynamic, original copy for emerging streetwear brand. Direct brand marketing campaign for Instagram.
Production and events for poets since 2014.
Twinnish event at MoMA PS1.
D’Avila event at MoMA PS1.
Streetwear Social Media Images.
Underground event in Atlantic Avenue tunnel.
Interactive media installations for breathing.
RECENT WORK
Chiqui (Sundance, 2022)
Historical Consultant
What Would Higher-Self Do? ( TriBeca Film Festival, 2020)
Production Designer
Esteé Lauder Global Supply Chain Internal Video
Copywriter
Graywolf Press 45th Anniversary Promotional Video, 2019
Production Designer
A short interview-based video on the press.
Say It With Flowers
Art Director
A short film to promote the poetry of Coco Fitterman.
This film was shown at Artbook at MoMa PS1 in May 2018.
The Therapist Asks
Producer
A short video to promote the poetry of Camonghne Felix.
This film was shown at Artbook at MoMA PS1 in December 2017.
Who’s Allowed To Be Pretty? (In Process)
Producer, Writer, Director
A documentary film about the politics of pretty.
This film is being worked on now. Included is an unedited interview with participant Joselia Hughes.
A young Colombian couple immigrate to the United States in 1987 to have their baby. Shot on Super 16mm. Premiered at Sundance 2022 as part of the Indie Episodic Program.
Historical Consultant
A queer artist in Brooklyn faces daily challenges and interpersonal woes that get them in touch with their higher-self.
Production Designer
Internal Promotional Video for brand executives.
Copywriter
A promotional video for the press’s 45th anniversary.
Production Designer
A short visual meditation that considers the poem. Premiered at Artbook at MoMA PS1 in 2018.
Producer/Art Direction
A video representation of poems from the manuscript Build Yourself a Boat. Premiered at Artbook at MoMA PS1 in Fall 2017.
Producer
Director/Producer
I have over ten years experience teaching writing and the arts at the University level.
Current Positions
+ Visiting Assistant Professor in the English Department at Lehigh University starting in Fall 2019.
+ Wintersession instructor in performance studies at RISD in January 2020.
Teaching History
+Eight years teaching technical, creative, and media related courses at Fairfield University and University of Rhode Island to undergraduate students
+Two years teaching gender studies courses at Rhode Island College
+Grant recipient for innovative curriculum development in experiential writing
+Designed and Developed digital writing course for creative writers
+Created and built online archive for student projects in the digital humanities
+Experiencing teaching art, theater, and writing to elementary and middle school students through John Hopkins University CTY program.
I am an author and professional writer with advanced writing and editing skills across genres. I have been a managing editor at Barrow Street Press for the passed two years. Additionally, I have been the founder and editor of the media collective and journal gemstone readings which publishes video and media related content by women and queer poets.
Here are two recent examples of my work in this field. For extended examples, please request a C.V.
“Ash Weed” published on Poetry Foundation’s website and featured on NPR podcast Poetry Now!
Green Target by Tina Barr is the 2017 Barrow Street Book Prize chosen by Patricia Spears Jones. I was the designer and managing editor for this recent title, and worked with the author on production from start to finish.
