Rainbow Brain by Molly Allis

 21'' x 18'', Acrylic paint on paper, 2016

Molly Allis is a multi-media artist and musician based in Los Angeles. She designs and constructs interactive environments that encourage audience participation and improvisation within a narrative. Working primarily with recycled materials, she re-imagines everyday objects that serve as props for participants to play with. Her work raises questions around the boundaries of material reality through activating a world of make believe.  Her award-winning animations have screened in festivals internationally, including the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, the Brooklyn Academy of Music, the Madrid Experimental Film Festival, and the Linoleum Festival in Moscow. A Child Was The One That Turned On The Switch an interactive, game-based installation with theatrical elements appeared at The Weingart Gallery at Occidental College in Sept-Oct 2017. Her installation Cardboard Distopia is currently appears in the storefront windows at Automata.