Modern Cubicles

Maddalena Polletta has lived and worked in New York City for the past 29 years. Since 1991 she has collaborated with a group of Artists and Writers, through the collective Fleabites, on artist books/zines. These books are sold cheaply and distributed via bookstores, collectives and art spaces. Maddalena lives with her husband, Pedro Diez, and son, Dante Diez, in a sixth floor walk-up.

Christina Kelly is a Brooklyn based visual artist and filmmaker. In drawings, films, and with her work in the public realm Christina playfully engages with the geography, ecology and history of her hometown. Her work has been presented at Proteus Gowanus, The Rotunda Gallery, The Invisible Dog, dumbo video arts festival, BAM, The New Festival, and Frameline. She was recently a LMCC Swing Space Resident on Governors Island, where she climbed over the seawall with a homemade rope ladder. As a film editor she worked Vijay Mathew, Ramin Bahrani, Casper Andreas and the artist Judy Radul. www.discobikini.com