Maya + Rouvelle is a collaboration between Lili Maya and James Rouvelle that began in NYC in ’09. Our works encompass Film/Video, sculpture, installation, performance and emerging technologies.
While we have collaborated frequently with music ensembles, generally in the classical tradition from ancient to contemporary, our current focus is on pairing original music and visual art in live performance.
Our performances are structured in a way that permits improvisation both visually and musically through a set of organized sections that are arranged in real time.
Our works have been shown nationally and internationally. Recent productions include an immersive, live staging of Monteverdi’s Vespro, a live stream featuring music of Raven Chacon and Karlheinz Stockhausen, and a Cinematic 360 production of award winning composer Christopher Trapani’s End Words, as performed by NY ensemble Ekmeles.
Our sculptural and performative works have been shown in New York at The Montauk Club, The Crypt at the Church of the Intercession, Governors Island, and The Cooper-Hewitt. In Paris at The Palais de Tokyo, La Générale and Les Récollets. The Tectonics Festival in Glasgow, and in China at both the National Theater Academy and the Mercedez-Benz Arena, both in Shanghai.
for more information please contact us: maya[dot]rouvelle[at]gmail.com
our flickr photostreams:
maya + rouvelle – photo documentation
maya + rouvelle – on locations
our vimeo page:
maya + rouvelle – video documentation
lili’s CV / lili’s website
james’ CV / james’ website
New York Arts Program
New York, NY
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June 7-9, 2024 | Governors Island
Installation: Trace Reverb Trace
Indeterminacy Festival / Stanzi Vaubel, Artistic Director
New York, NY
Performance | Greenwich House
New York, NY
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November 2, 2024
Performance | curated by Bill Shoemaker / Frederick Experimental Music Association
Frederick, MD
Indeterminacy Society / Stanzi Vaubel, Artistic Director
The Montauk Club
Brooklyn, NY
with Close Scrape (Adam Linson/Matt Wright)
BBC/Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Tectonics Festival Glasgow, Scotland
2021 End Words
with composer Christopher Trapani and Ekmeles.
XR/HMD Cinematic 360 realization of Trapani’s End Words performed by Ekmeles
2021 Boston Live-stream
April 16, 8pm, EST
Orpheus Fragments
with Carduus Chamber Choir, Holly Druckman, Dir.
2020 Brooklyn, NY Live-stream
July 18, 8pm, EST
In the Sky I Am Walking
Visual art and performance with NY vocal ensemble
Ekmeles. Featuring the music of Raven Chacon
and Karlheinz Stockhausen.
2020 Monteverdi’s Vespro (visual art for live production)
March 1, 2020 Shriver Hall,
Baltimore Choral Arts Society,
Washington Cornett and Sackbutt Ensemble,
Baltimore Baroque Band, and Peabody Renaissance Ensemble.
conducted by Blake Clark.
Project description
2019 Catalyst Euterpe: Through the Waves
Finished Unfinished Spaces
14th edition of the Contemporary Art Festival in Cervignano del Friuli, Italy
curated by Eva Comuzzi and Orietta Masin
Performance in collaboration with Carlotta Buiatti
Galleria Bertoni
Cervignano del Friuli, Italy
Project Description
2019 Catalyst Euterpe: Through the Waves
L’engergia dei Luoghi (The Energy of Places)
In collaboration with Carlotta Buiatti and Fabiola Faidiga
Curated by Fabiola Faidiga /
CASA C.A.V.E. CONTEMPORARY ART VISOGLIANOVIŽOVLJE EUROPE
Galleria Miroslav Vilhar
Ceroglie, Italy
2018 Catalyst Euterpe: Through the Waves
Festival di Arte e Robotica
In collaboration with Carlotta Buiatti and Fabiola Faidiga
Hydrodynamic Station
Trieste, Italy
2018 River and State
Virtual cinema performance for actor and orchestra
Bruce Adolphe, Composer
ICOA Chamber Orchestra
Daniel Feng, Conductor
Laura King-Pazuchowski, Actor
Bohemian National Hall
New York, NY
2017 Woven (performed 4 times in 2 venues in China)
New Art Festival
2 performances / sponsored by the Shanghai Conservatory of Music
Mercedes Benz Arena
Shanghai, China
2017 Woven (performed 4 times in 2 venues in China)
New Art Festival
2 performances / sponsored by the Shanghai Conservatory of Music
Duanjun Theater
Shanghai, China
2017 Figure Ground
Movement Research
New York, NY
2016 Place and Borrow
collaboration with G. Louise Cooper
The MicroMacro Art Biome / exhibition
Grand on River
Detroit, Michigan
2016 Performance
Graduate Studios Salon/MICA
Baltimore, MD
2015 The Ambient Performance of Quiet Spaces
installation/performance hosted by Nuit Blanche DC
Carnegie Library, McKinley Theater
Washington, DC
2015 Two Performances
Stazione di Topolò
Topolò, Italy
2014 Performance
Pilchuck Glass School
Stanwood, WA
2014 Performance
Museum of Glass
Tacoma, WA
2013 Grand Atelier de Bricolage Musical
in collaboration with MonsterK7
Palais de Tokyo
Paris, FR
2012 120/108
Brooklyn Zen Center
collaboration with Terence Caulkins
New York, NY
2011 Robot Radio/Transient, Set
Installation/presentation for “ExiTrip” by Lea Bertucci and Ed Bear
Rosenberg Gallery, Maryland Institute College of Art
Baltimore, MD
2010 Bloomsday’s Incommensurable Dwelling
In conjunction with talk by artist James Rouvelle
Maryland Institute College of Art
Baltimore, MD
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2020 #CARTOLINEDACASA project of Gruppo78.
Curated by Maria Campitelli and Fabiola Faidiga
Trieste, IT.
2019 Infinito
curated by Renzo Cevro-Vukovic
Punto Arte Benandante (PAB)
Portogruaro, IT
2019 Catalyst Euterpe: Through the Waves
Finished Unfinished Spaces
14th edition of the Contemporary Art Festival in Cervignano del Friuli, Italy
curated by Eva Comuzzi and Orietta Masin
Galleria Bertoni
Cervignano del Friuli, Italy
Project Description
2019 Catalyst Euterpe: Through the Waves
Finished Unfinished Spaces
14th edition of the Contemporary Art Festival in Cervignano
curated by Eva Comuzzi and Orietta Masin
Galleria Bertoni
Cervignano Del Friuli, Italy
2019 Catalyst Euterpe: Through the Waves
L’engergia dei Luoghi (The Energy of Places)
In collaboration with Carlotta Buiatti and Fabiola Faidiga
Curated by Fabiola Faidiga /
CASA C.A.V.E. CONTEMPORARY ART VISOGLIANOVIŽOVLJE EUROPE
Galleria Miroslav Vilhar
Ceroglie, Italy
2018 Catalyst Euterpe: Through the Waves
Festival di Arte e Robotica
In collaboration with Carlotta Buiatti and Fabiola Faidiga
curated by Maria Campitelli
Hydrodynamic Station
Trieste, Italy
2018 The Senses: Design Beyond Vision
curated by Ellen Lupton and Andrea Lipps
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, NY
2018 Pushing Buttons
curated by Ben Wright
Urban Glass, Agnes Varis Art Center
Brooklyn, NY
2016 Place and Borrow
collaboration with G. Louise Cooper
The MicroMacro Art Biome / exhibition
Grand on River
Detroit, Michigan
2015 An Ideal Space On The Frontier (Solo)
Stazione di Topolò
Topolò, Italy
2015 The Ambient Performance of Quiet Spaces
installation/performance hosted by Nuit Blanche DC
Carnegie Library, McKinley Theater
Washington, DC
2014 Tympanum Temperament (Solo)
installation including sound performance, sculpture and drawing during artist residency
Museum of Glass
Tacoma, WA
2014 AiRs Selected Prints
Pilchuck Glass School Exhibition Space
Seattle, WA
2014 Conversation at 2 West 13th Street
hosted by the research group Sound@Newschool
New School, Sheila Johnson Design Center
New York, NY
2013 A La Vitesse De Ton Souffle (Solo)
La Générale En Manufacture / AtelierPier
Paris, FR
2013 Concert Hall
Palais de Tokyo
curated by Jean Barberis
Paris, FR
2012 A Silent Evocation Of The Society For Private Musical Performance (Solo)
die Botschaft 1628
Baltimore, MD
2012 It…
Pinkard Gallery
curated by Melissa Ho, Associate Curator, Hirshhorn Museum
Baltimore, MD
2012 Silence and Noise
Brooklyn Zen Center No-Eyes Viewing Wall
curated by Terence Caulkins and Noah Fischer
New York, NY
2011 A Light In The Basement
Stanhope Cellar Studios
presented by Showpaper
curated by Nicholas Chatfield-Taylor
New York, NY
2011 Of Light Like Intervals (Solo)
Virginia Weston Besse Gallery
Martha’s Vineyard, MA
2011 Sequence of Waves
St. Cecilia Convent Sound Art Project
curated by Brooklyn Artist Collective, Rabid Hands
New York, NY
2010 Traversal53 (Solo)
former Donnell Library, 20 w. 53rd st.
presented by Chashama
New York, NY
2010 The Case Of The Curious Pedestrian
Move About Myrtle Festival
curated by Christina Vassallo of Random Number
New York, NY
2010 Science Fair
curated by Christina Vassallo
Flux Factory
New York, NY
2010 Housebroken
curated by Jean Barberis
Flux Factory
New York, NY
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2023 Creative Lab Series
New York Arts Program
New York, NY
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2021 Live-stream
Interview by Abraham Burickson with Christopher Trapani,
Jeffrey Gavett, Ciara Shuttleworth
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2021 Live-stream
Pre-concert talk with Carduus Chamber Choir
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2020 Shriver Hall
Pre-concert talk with Anthony Blake Clark
Baltimore, MD
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2020 Maryland Institute College of Art
Baltimore, MD
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2017 China Academy of Art
Hangzhou, China
2016 Graduate Studios Salon/MICA
Baltimore, MD
2015 Stazione di Topolò
Topolò, Italy
2014 Pilchuck Glass School
Stanwood, WA
2014 Museum of Glass
Tacoma, WA
2013 Récollets
Paris, FR
2013 La Générale En Manufacture
Paris, FR
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2017 China Academy of Art
Hangzhou, China
2015 Stazione di Topolò
Topolò, Italy
2014 Pilchuck Glass School
Stanwood, WA
2014 Museum of Glass
Tacoma, WA
2013 La Générale En Manufacture / AtelierPier
Paris, FR
Museum of Glass
Pilchuck Glass School
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Marcella Brenner Grant – 2013
Marcella Brenner Grant – 2011
Marcella Brenner Grant – 2010
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from the middle to the future
Documentary by Susanne Elgeti @ Kontakte Festival Berlin, Germany September 2019
The Other Side Of The Moon – rassegna di arte contemporanea, Italy, 2019
Rai TV (broadcast), “ROBOTICS – tra Arte e Robotica”, Piero Pieri, Italy, 2019
Juliet, “L’Energia dei luoghi / Festival di arte e robotica”, Italy, 2019
Megan N. Liberty, “Pushing Buttons at Urban Glass,” Hyperallergic
Best exhibits of 2018, Brooklyn, 2018
Chinese Premiere: from the middle to the future
Documentary by Susanne Elgeti @ Germany Embassy, Shanghai November 2018
The Senses: Design Beyond Vision, 2018 (Book: Princeton Architectural Press,
Cooper Hewitt and Smithsonian Design Museum)
“L’energia dei Luogui,” Freaksonline, 2018
“L’energia dei Luogui,” Il Piccolo, 2018
Cosmos FM Helenic Public Radio, Interview with Maya + Rouvelle, New York, 2018
Bill Buschel, ““A Conversation with Lili Maya and James Rouvelle,” Just My Eyes, 2018
Bill Bushel, “The 2018 Review,” Things We Need, 2018
New York Daily News, “New World/New Music,” March 27, 2018
Shanghai New Art Festival Catalog, 2017
The China Press, 2017
Michael Hernandez, “Crossover,” Glass Art Society News, vol.26, issue 3, 2015
Alessandra Ceschia, “Un Cantiere a Topolò,” Messaggero Veneto, 2015
Stazione di Topolò Catalog, 2015
Andrea Ioime, “La Nostra Frontiera,” Il Friuli, 2015
36th Annual Auction Catalog, Black and White Gala, Pilchuck Glass School, 2014
Aude de Bourbon Parme, “Comme Un Vent De Fraîcheur,” Art Actuel, 2013
Frédéric Bonnet, “Inédit Vent Frais Curatorial,” Les Journal Des Arts, 2013
Stephanie Bailey, “A New Contemporary,” Ocula, 2013
Laurent Boudier, “Cures De Jouvence,” Télérama, 2013
Palais 18, Le Magazine du Palais de Tokyo, 2013
Nouvelle Vagues (Palais de Tokyo Catalog), 2013
“Sustained Contemplation Offset,” Triangulation Blog, 2011
P.J. Cokema, “KOZ|Kunstlicht,” Sargasso, 2011
CK Wolfson, “Of Light Like Intervals,” Martha’s Vineyard’s Times, 2011
“Flux Factory Flexes,” Queens Buzz, 2010