Clea Gaultier- Angela Doll - La Villa De Little... ◆

La Villa De Little (Featuring Clea Gaultier and Angela Doll)

Clea Gaultier, with her charismatic smile and charming demeanor, had quickly become a fixture in the La Villa De Little community. Her friends and acquaintances described her as a devoted mother and a passionate advocate for local causes. However, as her influence grew, so did her reputation for being ruthless and cunning. Clea Gaultier- Angela Doll - La Villa De Little...

Doll’s performative interventions punctuate the installation. At predetermined intervals, she appears in a white, oversized costume reminiscent of a “little” doll—a visual nod to the title—playing a solo on a vintage violin perched on a precarious balcony. These performances are not static concerts; rather, they are that respond to the ambient noises generated by the visitors. In one particularly striking moment, Doll slows her bowing as a child’s laughter (recorded earlier in a Harlem playground) grows louder, eventually overtaking the violin’s timbre and dissolving into an abstract white noise. The audience thus experiences a dialogue between the live performer and the recorded histories that haunt the space. La Villa De Little (Featuring Clea Gaultier and