Lili Huston-Herterich has a situated practice both materially and conceptually: she works with what she is in close vicinity to in order to develop a dialogue from her current position historically, geographically, and economically. She is conscious of her role as a maker in a cultural context of excess, and uses capitalist culture's flotsam and jetsam to create work that reflects a dependency on her present conditions.
Her studio practice focuses on personal and political lineages of information – specifically on improvisational and dialogue-based methods of knowledge transmission. While in residence at the Rijksakademie, she focused her research on puppetry, which led her to following a course in object-based therapeutic practices, and expanded her material practice in the mold making workshop. Through the residency, puppetry has emerged as a tool in her practice, incorporating and aiding in her existing uses of voice, writing, performance, and video.
Alongside puppetry, Lili works in video, sound, sculpture, textile, drawing, and performance.
My work does not exist in a vacuum; it relies on many contexts, people, resources, and otherwise to persist. This is an unfinished list of those who I was/am dependent on in the process of making artistic work.
Pushing Up Daisies, 2025Kees Reedijk, technical guidanceTchelet Pearl Weisstub, performance and concept councilZahra Mohseni, dramaturgy, performerAline Almeida Olmos, second eye, performerAnouk Vollers, studio assistanceUNIMA International Puppet Therapy TrainingMariana Aboim, ultimate supportFellow residents at Rijksakademie, feedback and emotional support
The Treasury, 2024Asa Derks, cinematographer in Spring GreenJulia van Dijck, quilt-making accompliceJulia Dahee Hong, production managerGlorya Avgust, puppeteerKotryna Buruckaitė, puppeteerRick Geene, puppeteerKyle Tryhorn, puppeteerBonnie Allen, intervieweeSally Jacobsen, intervieweePaula Washow, intervieweeDave Owens, intervieweeJoan Zieger, intervieweeKarin Miller, Spring Green General StoreMegan Bond, Spring Green Public LibraryReunion Restaurant in Spring GreenMauricio van Der Maesen de Sombreff, technical supportHannah Rose Whittle & Marianne Peijnenburg, ceramic supportCaetano, technical supportYael Davids, voiceoverTaylor Lemelle, writing supportReyhan Lál, puppetry partnerTimo Demollin, text supportMariana Aboim, ultimate supportFellow residents at Rijksakademie, feedback and emotional support
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