PIANO ON NEW ALBUM BY SCOTT MATTHEW
Marisol's piano and backing vocals are featured on Scott Matthew's new album, A Small Conduit of Great Affairs.
PIANO ON "HALF-AFTER LIFE" BY JAMES HOFF
Marisol's piano is on James Hoff's "Half-After Life," a single from his new record, Shadows Lifted from Invisible Hands.
EUROPEAN TOUR DATES WITH SCOTT MATTHEW - OCTOBER 2024
Marisol will join Scott Matthew for his upcoming tour in Germany, Switzerland, and Austria. Tickets are now available here.
13 October BERLIN – Bar Jeder Vernunft (show 1) GERMANY
14 October DRESDEN – Societaetstheater GERMANY
15 October LEIPZIG – UT Connewitz GERMANY
16 October HAMBURG – Nochtspeicher GERMANY
17 October COLOGNE – Stadtgarten GERMANY
18 October MUNICH – Saal X GERMANY
19 October ZÜRICH - Bogen F SWITZERLAND
22 October SALZBURG – ARGEkultur AUSTRIA
23 October LINZ – Posthof AUSTRIA
24 October VIENNA – Porgy & Bess AUSTRIA
25 October DORNBIRN – Spielboden AUSTRIA
27 October BERLIN – Bar Jeder Vernunft (show 2) GERMANYPERFORMANCE - RAMONA'S DEN AT DIAMOND HOLLOW
On Thursday, December 8, Marisol and Anna Moschovakis will perform a section from Anna's new novel, Participation, for voice, electronics, and piano at Ramona's Den, the reading and music series at Diamond Hollow in Andes, New York. Doors open at 6:00pm.
NEW ALBUM: MOVEMENTS 1-15
Movements 1-15 is Marisol's new album of piano and electronics.
MUSIC VIDEO RELEASE - SONGKHLA | MOVEMENTS 1-15
SONGKHLA, from Movements 1-15 | Music video by Ryan Haley
MUSIC VIDEO RELEASE - YOGYAKARTA | MOVEMENTS 1-15
YOGYAKARTA, from Movements 1-15 | Music video by Diyah Noor
NEW RELEASE - COLLABORATION WITH BIG DREAM
"Everybody's High" is Marisol's latest collaboration with Godfrey Diamond and his new project Big Dream. Listen on Spotify, iTunes, Apple Music, or your favorite music platform. Release date: 9 September 2022
THE LATINX FILES | L.A. TIMES
Marisol's visual art featured in the Latinx Files of the L.A. Times.
EUROPEAN TOUR DATES WITH SCOTT MATTHEW
Scott Matthew MAKE IT BEAUTIFUL NOW TOUR
Marisol Limon Martinez – piano, keyboard, vocals
Sam Taylor – cello, guitar, ukulele, vocals11 October DRESDEN – GERMANY
13 October BERLIN – GERMANY
14 October LEIPZIG – GERMANY
15 October KÖLN – GERMANY
16 October FRANKFURT – GERMANY
17 October ULM – GERMANY
18 October MÜNCHEN – GERMANY
20 October WIEN - AUSTRIA
21 October LINZ - AUSTRIA
22 October SALZBURG - AUSTRIA
23 October DORNBIRN - AUSTRIAFIRST ISSUE OF OCTO
The first issue of OCTO on Octopus Books' new website features Du Fu (translation by Wong May), Cynthia Arrieu-King, Brandon Shimoda, Eric Baus, Laura Eve Engel, Bill Carty, Marisol Limon Martinez, and Emily Kendal Frey. Illustrations by Dennis Schmickle. Octopus Books is the publisher of Marisol's book Via Dissimulata.
ARTIST RESIDENCY PRODUCTION GRANT | YOGYAKARTA, INDONESIA
Marisol is currently working on her new piano and electronics project through a production grant from Ethnictro in Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
AFTER YOU, DEAREST LANGUAGE | DIGITAL PROOF
The first edition of Marisol's book After You, Dearest Language is now available as a digital proof from Ugly Duckling Presse. Visit Ugly Duckling Presse for more information.
PIANO MUSIC FEATURED IN "THE VALUE OF THINGS"
Marisol composed the music for the video “The Value of Things” by Miguel Moreno Mateos. Developed in Songkhla, Thailand at South Fest Thailand's artist residency (December 2018-January 2019), this project examines notions of value, holiness, and scarcity through waste found in our oceans. To view video and for more information, visit: The Value of Things.
PERFORMANCE | SOUTH FEST THAILAND
Marisol will be performing songs from her two albums, Here Her Ghost and Autoportrait on Friday, 11 January at 7pm, at the Red Rice Mill / Hub Ho Hin in Songkhla, Thailand as part of South Fest Thailand.
MUSIC VIDEO FEATURED IN MARIE LOSIER RETROSPECTIVE AT THE MOMA
The music video of Marisol's song "Hermaphrodite" will be shown in "Marie Losier Shorts Program 1" at The Museum of Modern Art in New York. Friday, November 2 at 7pm and Friday, November 9 at 7:30pm. Marie Losier: Just a Million Dreams runs through November 11.
EUROPEAN TOUR DATES WITH SCOTT MATTHEW | ODE TO OTHERS
Scott Matthew ODE TO OTHERS TOUR
Gary Langol – guitar, bass ukulele, vocals
Marisol Limon Martinez – piano, keyboard, vocals
Sam Taylor – cello, guitar, ukulele, vocals24 October BIELEFELD – Hechelei (Bielefelder Songnächte) GERMANY
25 October DÜSSELDORF – Johanneskirche (New Fall Festival) GERMANY
26 October ZÜRICH – Bogen F. SWITZERLAND
27 October DARMSTADT – Evangelische Friedensgemeinde GERMANY
28 October LAUSANNE – Le Bourg SWITZERLAND
31 October PORTO – Casa Da Música (Misty Fest) PORTUGAL
01 November COIMBRA – CSF, Convento São Francisco (Misty Fest) PORTUGAL
02 November BRAGA - Teatro Circo (Misty Fest) PORTUGAL
04 November LISBON – Tivoli BBVA (Misty Fest) PORTUGAL
06 November ROME – Largo ITALY
07 November FERRARA – Sala Estense ITALY
08 November MONTEPRANDONE – Centro Pacetti ITALY
10 November SEREGNO (Milan) – Tambourine ITALY
13 November MADRID – Nuevo Teatro Alcalá SPAIN
16 November CARTEGENA – Nuevo Teatro Circo (Cartegena Jazz Festival) SPAIN
19 November MUNICH – Kammerspiele GERMANY
20 November LONDON – The Islington (1st Night) UK
21 November LIVERPOOL – Parr St. Studios UK
22 November LONDON – The Islington (2nd Night) UKNEW ALBUM RELEASE | HERE HER GHOST
Marisol's new album, HERE HER GHOST, is out today. Listen|Buy|Download here. This digital release is also available on Apple Music + iTunes, iHeartRadio, Deezer, Tidal, and Spotify.
MUSIC VIDEO RELEASES | HERE HER GHOST
SCENE ONE
Directed by Robert Mark Anderson | Release date: 18 April 2018PIRATE SONG
By Ryan Haley | Release date: 29 March 2018DISAPPEARANCE
By Marisa Esteban | Release date: 15 February 2018DIVISION
Directed, shot, and edited by musician/photographer Simone White | Release date: 18 January 2018CO-SONGWRITER FOR PICK UP BY LENA KOVACEVIC
PICK UP, co-written by Lena Kovacevic, Godfrey Diamond, and Marisol Limon Martinez, was released by Sony Europe in October.
The song was on rotation on MTV at Number 3 in six countries, right behind Lady Gaga.
VIA DISSIMULATA IN TAGVVERK
Read an excerpt from Marisol's book Via Dissimulata online at Tagvverk.
SYMPOSIUM: CRITICAL INFORMATION | TEXT AND IMAGE: NOVEMBER 2015
School of Visual Arts (SVA) presents Critical Information, an interdisciplinary conference examining the contemporary dialogue between art, media, and society. Organized by second-year students in the MFA Art Writing program at SVA, the Critical Information conference provides a critical forum for discussions at the juncture of media, theory, criticism, and the visual arts.
Under this year’s theme “Text and Image,” the November 20th conference will present the work of 10 invited participants on three panels: ALTERED PERCEPTIONS with Madeline Schwartzman, Clement Valla, and Suzanne Anker; BOOK AS OBJECT with Matvei Yankelevich, Shannon Michael Cane, and Andrew Roth; and READING IMAGES with Christian Patterson, Joel Smith, Nicholas Muellner, and Marisol Limon Martinez.
CINEMA X: COLLABORATION WITH ERIK FLATMO
CINEMA X, a multimodal collaboration (and work-in-progress) between Marisol and Erik Flatmo, is featured on Creative Capital's On Our Radar
HONORARY MEN IN BEST OF 2015
Marisol's Honorary Men is listed in Weird Sister's Best of 2015
INTERVIEW: KMSU RADIO
Interview with Marisol about the development of Via Dissimulata: In Three Voices, her latest book-length poem with images and her various disciplines- writing, music, and visual art. Listen to the podcast at KMSU Radio Weekly Reader
The interview is also featured on The Poetry Foundation website.
REVIEWS OF HONORARY MEN
Marisol Limón Martinez’s Honorary Men . . . comes via Guillotine. It’s a complex work, juxtaposing its author’s own childhood memories with anecdotes about how she is perceived by strangers, by family, by colleagues. Adding another wrinkle to this is her background in music: the teacher who told her, “You play like a man”; the musicians she interacts with on a trip to India. Honorary Men asks big questions, but comes at them in unpredictable ways, venturing into distinctive territory and forming a narrative few others could.
- Tobias Carroll, The Zinophile, Vol. 1 Brooklyn. . . A fascinating, incisive essay by Marisol Limon Martinez, the essay weaves together childhood musical escapes, gender politics, and travel in India for a thoughtful look at identity, and the way our environment gives shape to who we are and who we are perceived to be.
- Librairie Drawn & Quarterly Books of the Week, MontrealSOLO PERFORMANCE: VIA DISSIMULATA
Come celebrate Via Dissimulata, Marisol's new book of poetry and images published by Octopus Books on Tuesday, June 9. Pete's Candy Store, 709 Lorimer St, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY
BOOK RELEASE: VIA DISSIMULATA
Marisol's Via Dissimulata: In Three Voices will be released by Octopus Books on June 1st.
HONORARY MEN RELEASE
Marisol's nonfiction essay Honorary Men is published by Guillotine.
GROUP EXHIBITION: THE NATIONAL ACADEMY MUSEUM
Marisol's video "You are Red Just Like Me" is in the group exhibition Creative Mischief at The National Academy Museum, 1083 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY, Opening reception: Friday, May 15th, from 6-9PM, May 16th-24th.
INTERVIEW: UGLY DUCKLING PRESSE
Kyra Simone of Ugly Duckling Presse interviews Marisol about her multidisciplinary art practice, her book After You, Dearest Language, her history with UDP, and upcoming projects: UDP Tumblr
MUSIC VIDEO BY MARIE LOSIER OF MARISOL'S SONG "HERMAPHRODITE" PREMIERING AT CENTRE POMPIDOU, PARIS
Filmmaker Marie Losier has made a music video for Marisol's song "Hermaphrodite." Shot on location in Berlin at Lake Wannsee this past summer in 16mm, Marie will be premiering it at the Centre Pompidou in Paris on Sunday, January 19th at 8PM.
INTERVIEW: LIKEWISE AUDIO
likewise audio interviews Marisol on her writing and visual art, her book After You, Dearest Language, recurring images in her work, dream diaries, surrealism, indexes, and networks.
AFTER YOU, DEAREST LANGUAGE EXCERPT IN PAPERCUT ANNUAL
An excerpt from After You, Dearest Language is included in Papercut Annual from Papercut Press, an independent press based in Brooklyn that is focused on alternative and non-traditional works. Papercut Annual is available at the following venues: Spoonbill & Sugartown, Molasses Books, Better Than Jam, Bluestockings Bookstore, Vinyl Fantasy, and their online store. For more information, visit Papercut Press
CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
Marisol's artist's book Forgotten Knowledge is included in Hand, Voice & Vision: Artists' Books from Women's Studio Workshop, an exhibition featuring artists’ books by thirty-six artists published over thirty years by Women’s Studio Workshop. Curated by Kathleen Walkup, the exhibition is a comprehensive retrospective featuring some of the most influential contemporary book artists in America. This exhibition has been presented at The Grolier Club, New York; Vassar College; Smith College; and will be at the following institutions in 2013 and 2014:
University of Kentucky
Lexington, KY,
January 20 – March 16, 2014University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI
September 2 – October 21, 2013Scripps College
Claremont, CA,
Jan 22 - March 15, 2013PERFORMANCE: ADVICE FOR LOVERS RELEASE PARTY
In celebration of Julian Talamantez Brolaski's new book Advice for Lovers, published by City Lights, Marisol wrote a song to Julian's poem, "Year of the Misfit" that she will perform live (vocals and piano) at the Branded Saloon in Prospect Heights, 603 Vanderbilt Avenue, Brooklyn on Saturday, December 8th. Film, poetry, and music performances by: Micah Ballard /Ana Bozicevic/ Nada Gordon /Stephanie Gray/ Marisol Limon Martinez/ Juan & the Pines
READING: UGLY DUCKLING PRESSE'S CELLAR SERIES WITH JAMES HOFF
Ugly Duckling Presse (UDP) presents a special off-site installment in their Cellar Series which will be held at RH Gallery in New York City on Wednesday, 22 August 2012 at 6pm.
Marisol Limon Martinez and James Hoff will be reading from their UDP books, and UDP will be recording for the podcast series. The reading will be followed by an informal conversation with the authors.
The reading coincides with a show of UDP rare broadsides and prints at RH Gallery. It has been extended until 6 September.
RH Gallery is located at 127 Duane Street in Tribeca between Duane and Church streets. Nearby subway stops: The 1 train to the Franklin station, or the 1, 2, 3, A, C trains to the Chambers stop.
PERFORMANCE: ABRONS ART CENTER
Marisol will be performing as part of the music ensemble (with Michael Mahalchick and Jim Galbraith) in luciana achuagar's new dance piece
FEELingpleasuresatisfactioncelebrationholyFORM
For 5 nights at the Abrons Art Center, co-presented by the Chocolate Factory
May 11-12, 2012 (Friday & Saturday)
& 17-19, 2012 (Thursday - Saturday)“Most of the music, played at the back of the stage by James Galbraith, Marisol Limon Martinez and Michael Mahalchick, is art-rock or punk. It gives intermittent energy to the purposely pedestrian choreography, which now consists of the women rolling across the stage.” - The New York Times
"Encircling a pile of denim, pawing at it like animals at prey, the performers undertook the task of putting on blue jeans with no help from their hands, as the live band (James Galbraith, Marisol Limon Martinez, and musical director Michael Mahalchick) played a gritty rendition of Erik Satie’s plaintive “Gnossienne No.1.” - The Brooklyn Rail
GROUP EXHIBITION AT VASSAR COLLEGE
Marisol's artist's book Forgotten Knowledge is included in the group exhibition Hand Voice & Vision: Artist's Books From the Women's Studio Workshop, curated by Kathleen Walkup. January-March 2012.
PERFORMANCE: LA SALA
On Saturday, November 5th, 2011, Smoke & Flowers will be playing the grand opening of La Sala Cultural Space in Williamsburg (formerly Monkeytown) with three-wall projection & surround sound. The shows include original films created at a residency in Marfa, Texas...with Justin Veloso on drums. 10PM. Talibam will perform at 11pm.
Note that the November 5th Show is RSVP only with free admission.
Please RSVP at info@cantinaroyal.comMARFA ARTIST RESIDENCY (+ NEW BLOG)
After performing in July 2011 at Cameo and Zebulon in Brooklyn, Marisol and Jeanann Dara are now in Marfa, Texas, to record, write, and create a performance entitled "Loneliness as Style". The residency will be chronicled on the blog loneliness as style
REVIEWS AND PERFORMANCES: SMOKE & FLOWERS
"Smoke & Flowers is two girls who probably grew up getting yelled at for daydreaming in piano class. Brooklyn residents Jeanann Dara and Marisol Limon make music that reveals a deep respect for classical arrangements, but also a playful curiosity with modernity and all its loops & sampling...Their music sounds like a long friendship bracelet braided in with synth, live samplings, vocals, a viola, and keys. Dressed in girl-ish vintage with touches of galactic goth, the girls look like Tim Burton space dolls but deliver a hearty vocal harmony that sounds like the perfect soundtrack to a warm New York summer night, sitting on a fire escape facing the night skyline and smoking cigarettes until heat hits the fingers. Romantic and enchanting, they closed out their set with a flood of viola that vibrated through to the very fine hairs on the back of the neck." -AUDYSSEY PRESENTS, THE NEIGHBORHOOD
Smoke & Flowers will be doing an extra special hour-long electronic set at Legion Bar Friday night, the 24th at 10PM.
790 Metropolitan Avenue, WilliamsburgSMOKE & FLOWERS IN THE BROOKLYN RAIL
Marisol's band Smoke & Flowers in "Outtakes" in The Brooklyn Rail
"Smoke & Flowers is a collaboration between Jeanann Dara and Marisol Limon. They blend genres musically and explore the boundaries of romance and reality in a style that could be described as electronic chamber pop. The Brooklyn-based duo performs with the instrumentation of vocals, keys, synthesizer, viola, drums, and live sampling. Jeanann and Marisol combine their background in the classical arts with pop culture and poetic lyricism. They share vocal and instrumental duties, with Limon on piano and synthesizer, Dara on viola and live sampler, and a rotating cast on drums..." -THE BROOKLYN RAIL
PERFORMANCE: SMOKE & FLOWERS ALBUM RELEASE
Join Smoke & Flowers in celebrating their new EP (with Justin Veloso, drums and percussion + Kyle Boyd, sound engineer @ Headgear Recording). The performance begins at 8PM at Cameo, 93 N 6th Williamsburg, Brooklyn, with Noah Plotkin on drums.
READING AT THE HIGH LINE
As part of the PEN World Voices of International Literature and with Ugly Duckling Presse, Marisol will read her latest work at The High Line. Sunday, May 1st, from noon-2pm with poets Jen Bervin, Julian Talamantez Brolaski, and Eugene Ostashevsky. 10th Avenue & West 16th Street, New York City.
PERFORMANCES: SMOKE & FLOWERS AT SXSW + BROOKLYN
SXSW, Austin:
Smoke & Flowers play the beloved Cheer Up Charlies, 1104 E 6, Saturday, March 19, 3PMBrooklyn:
Pete's Candy Store, 709 Lorimer St, January 21, 9PMGROUP EXHIBITION: BARNARD COLLEGE
Re-Turn, a group exhibition of Barnard alumnae will take place at the McCagg Gallery, The Diana Center at Barnard College. The opening reception is February 9, and the show is on view until February 25.
TWO-PERSON EXHIBITION WITH SYLVIA MARTINEZ
The two-person exhibition And if she left off dreaming about you... includes new works on paper by Marisol and her sister Sylvia at The Spence Gallery at The Spence School. 22 East 91st St at Madison Avenue, from February 9 to March 20.
GROUP EXHIBITION: THE GROLIER CLUB
Hand, Voice & Vision: Artist's Books from the Women's Studio Workshop at The Grolier Club, 47 E 60th St, New York, NY, December 8 to February 5
PERFORMANCES: SMOKE & FLOWERS
November 14: Spectacle Theater, Live Music to Silent Film The Seashell and the Clergyman (1928) Directed by Germaine Dulac, 124 S 3rd St, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, 9PM
November 23: The Tank, A Full Ensemble Premiere presented by Ear*Heart*Music Series, 356 W 45th St, New York, NY, 9PM
December 4: Pete's Candy Store, A benefit show for MAKE IT BETTER PROJECT, an initiative launched by the Gay-Straight Alliance Network, 709 Lorimer St, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, 9PM
SOLO PERFORMANCE: CAMEO
On August 15, 2010, Marisol Limon will be performing with Jeanann Dara (viola) and Michael Barron (drums). Also performing: Lovemonster, Austin McCutchen, and Abandoned Warehouse. Cameo, 93 N 6th St Williamsburg
SOLO PERFORMANCE: CANADA
Cracked Lightning & Caviar Pissings: an evening of music/light performances at CANADA with Marisol Limon, Victoria Keddie, Todd Pendu (Chaos*Majik*), Cathode-Ray Ministries, Marcos Rosales, Enoch A.L.N, 55 Chrystie St, New York, NY, 8-11PM
SOLO PERFORMANCE: ZEBULON
3 Solo Sets: A Night of Femmes Fatales on Wednesday, May 19, at Zebulon in Brooklyn, with Marisol Limon, Clara Kennedy and Ann Dara. 9pm
AFTER YOU, DEAREST LANGUAGE - RECEPTION AT P.P.O.W. GALLERY
Join Ugly Duckling Presse at a reception for 3 new artist's books by Ellie Ga, Ben Luzzatto, and Marisol Limon Martinez.
Thursday, April 15 at P.P.O.W. Gallery
511 West 25th Street, New York, NY
6:30-9:30 pmThe second printing of After You, Dearest Language is now available through Ugly Duckling Presse. Official release date: June 1, 2010.
ELVA SNOW ALBUM COVER ART BY MARISOL
Marisol's artwork is featured on the cover of the worldwide released album and single by ELVA SNOW.
GROUP EXHIBITION: ART BOOK @ MOMA P.S. 1
17 Ugly Years, Ugly Duckling Presse at Art Book @ MoMA PS 1, Long Island City, NY, March 4-29