See the Unled Tit playlist for information about this band.

This song was recorded by Brian J. Sulpizio at Chateau Recording (http://chateaurecording.com).

Unled Tit - Whoopsy Daisy

Unled Tit - Crumbs

Unled Tit - DirtyDominatrixPartyTime

A key feature of my artistic practice has long involved collaboration, either working with community members directly or responding to issues that affect the community in which I live. One multi-media piece I created from 2008 to 2009 was called "Search for Analogy: A Performance in Two Parts." For the first part I visited four Austin locations, each representing a distinct socioeconomic niche, with a video camera, four images of so-called fine artworks on a clipboard, and a central interest in how different people in the same city would connect with the same images. Willing participants looked at and offered interpretations for each image -- most often, what the images made them think of or how the images connected to their lives -- which I recorded. The second part of the piece took place during the inaugural exhibition event at the University of Texas-Austin’s FAB Gallery in spring 2009. Visitors were invited to sit and listen to audio tracks that compiled the first group’s interpretations, responding artistically to what they heard by creating new works with the materials provided. Participants were welcomed to hang their creative “translations” on a canvas in the gallery for all to see, where their contributions stayed for the remainder of the exhibition.

The four audio tracks (Part I) of the piece are available in this playlist; each sequence represents participants' responses to a single artwork.

Images of the gallery installation (Part II) and some participants in this stage of the project are included in this thumbnail. 

Should you be so inspired to extend the project, perhaps creating your own visual artwork or songs in relation to the tracks, please feel free to do so and then share! You can provide links in the comment fields or tweet at @maryaspontlemus #searchforanalogy.

NOTE: <a rel="license" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/"><img alt="Creative Commons License" style="border-width:0" src="http://i.creativecommons.org/l/by-nc-sa/4.0/88x31.png" /></a> ”Search for Analogy: A Performance in Two Parts” by <a xmlns:cc="http://creativecommons.org/ns#" href="www.maryaspontlemus.com" property="cc:attributionName" rel="cc:attributionURL">Marya Spont-Lemus</a> is licensed under a <a rel="license" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/">Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License</a>.

Search for Analogy - Sequence 1

A key feature of my artistic practice has long involved collaboration, either working with community members directly or responding to issues that affect the community in which I live. One multi-media piece I created from 2008 to 2009 was called "Search for Analogy: A Performance in Two Parts." For the first part I visited four Austin locations, each representing a distinct socioeconomic niche, with a video camera, four images of so-called fine artworks on a clipboard, and a central interest in how different people in the same city would connect with the same images. Willing participants looked at and offered interpretations for each image -- most often, what the images made them think of or how the images connected to their lives -- which I recorded. The second part of the piece took place during the inaugural exhibition event at the University of Texas-Austin’s FAB Gallery in spring 2009. Visitors were invited to sit and listen to audio tracks that compiled the first group’s interpretations, responding artistically to what they heard by creating new works with the materials provided. Participants were welcomed to hang their creative “translations” on a canvas in the gallery for all to see, where their contributions stayed for the remainder of the exhibition.

The four audio tracks (Part I) of the piece are available in this playlist; each sequence represents participants' responses to a single artwork.

Images of the gallery installation (Part II) and some participants in this stage of the project are included in this thumbnail. 

Should you be so inspired to extend the project, perhaps creating your own visual artwork or songs in relation to the tracks, please feel free to do so and then share! You can provide links in the comment fields or tweet at @maryaspontlemus #searchforanalogy.

NOTE: <a rel="license" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/"><img alt="Creative Commons License" style="border-width:0" src="http://i.creativecommons.org/l/by-nc-sa/4.0/88x31.png" /></a> "Search for Analogy: A Performance in Two Parts" by <a xmlns:cc="http://creativecommons.org/ns#" href="www.maryaspontlemus.com" property="cc:attributionName" rel="cc:attributionURL">Marya Spont-Lemus</a> is licensed under a <a rel="license" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/">Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License</a>.

Search for Analogy - Sequence 2

A key feature of my artistic practice has long involved collaboration, either working with community members directly or responding to issues that affect the community in which I live. One multi-media piece I created from 2008 to 2009 was called "Search for Analogy: A Performance in Two Parts." For the first part I visited four Austin locations, each representing a distinct socioeconomic niche, with a video camera, four images of so-called fine artworks on a clipboard, and a central interest in how different people in the same city would connect with the same images. Willing participants looked at and offered interpretations for each image -- most often, what the images made them think of or how the images connected to their lives -- which I recorded. The second part of the piece took place during the inaugural exhibition event at the University of Texas-Austin’s FAB Gallery in spring 2009. Visitors were invited to sit and listen to audio tracks that compiled the first group’s interpretations, responding artistically to what they heard by creating new works with the materials provided. Participants were welcomed to hang their creative “translations” on a canvas in the gallery for all to see, where their contributions stayed for the remainder of the exhibition.

The four audio tracks (Part I) of the piece are available in this playlist; each sequence represents participants' responses to a single artwork.

Images of the gallery installation (Part II) and some participants in this stage of the project are included in this thumbnail. 

Should you be so inspired to extend the project, perhaps creating your own visual artwork or songs in relation to the tracks, please feel free to do so and then share! You can provide links in the comment fields or tweet at @maryaspontlemus #searchforanalogy. 

NOTE: <a rel="license" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/"><img alt="Creative Commons License" style="border-width:0" src="http://i.creativecommons.org/l/by-nc-sa/4.0/88x31.png" /></a> ”Search for Analogy: A Performance in Two Parts” by <a xmlns:cc="http://creativecommons.org/ns#" href="www.maryaspontlemus.com" property="cc:attributionName" rel="cc:attributionURL">Marya Spont-Lemus</a> is licensed under a <a rel="license" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/">Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License</a>.

NOTE: <a rel="license" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/"><img alt="Creat


ive Commons License" style="border-width:0" src="http://i.creativecommons.org/l/by-nc-sa/4.0/88x31.png" /></a> ”Search for Analogy: A Performance in Two Parts” by <a xmlns:cc="http://creativecommons.org/ns#" href="www.maryaspontlemus.com" property="cc:attributionName" rel="cc:attributionURL">Marya Spont-Lemus</a> is licensed under a <a rel="license" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/">Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License</a>.

Search for Analogy - Sequence 3

Search for Analogy - Sequence 4

I wrote this piece as a memorial to Heart House Austin, an afterschool program I volunteered for in Texas before the organization went under. This recording is from the Tenx9 Chicago opening event, themed "Love Stories," at Uncommon Ground.

No one's born knowing how to read: A memorial to Heart House

This is the closing theme for "Common Decency," a short film I made with my husband, Andrés Lemus-Spont: https://vimeo.com/106118267

"Common Decency" Theme Song (Closing)

This is the opening theme for "Common Decency," a short film I made with my husband, Andrés Lemus-Spont: https://vimeo.com/106118267