AS THE ARTIST PREPARES FOR A SERIES OF PERFORMANCES IN NEW YORK, SHE SHARES SOME OF HER RAW MATERIAL

The Romanian-born, New York-based writer and artist Ella Veres brings a sense of humor and befuddlement about her adopted country to her assemblage works made with found materials. Her performance monologues are also impressionistic collages. Here, she ruminates on the essence of the trash she transforms into art, each piece of which she regards as a gem.

As part of the 2024 New York City Fringe, Veres, who sometimes goes by the name “Vermillion,” will present her monologue performances at the 14th Street Y (344 E 14th St, New York, NY 10003), in downtown Manhattan, on Monday, April 8, at 7:40 p.m.; Monday, April 15, at 7:40 p.m.; Tuesday, April 16, at 5:30 p.m.; and Sunday, April 21, at 1:30 p.m.

The performances will later be streamed on the 2024 New York City Fringe’s website. The artist notes that each recorded performance will be available for viewing on that website for 48 hours following its original, live presentation.

by Ella Veres

My performances will bear the collective title “On Cats and Dogs and Other Family Revelations.”

Through them, I’ll be re-entering performing on stage after a decade of quietly mending through creating art with my hands. I started with photographs and eccentric jewelry, and ended up with a 1000-blue-bottle, public-art installation that was presented on Governors Island last September. There, I ended up performing my “Earth Burial” piece, in which I lay down on the ground and was covered by those said bottles.