Cassi

Namoda

Interviewed

by

Lampoon

Magazine

Lampoon Magazine profiles Cassi Namoda, covering her influences, community, processes and ideas.

"I ended up in this random town in the Berkshires, and I don’t know how I got attracted. But I am in this house that feels mine intuitively. This house was built in the 1850s by Amasa Spencer, whose son died from influenza and was buried in the back".

Namoda found his tombstone inside the vernacular-style barn, with other parts scattered outside and covered in thick moss fur. That led her to look under the house where that magical plot had a complex system of wild strawberries, blueberries, raspberries, and various flowers. Simultaneously, this love of the house guided her to work on Picasso rose period-inspired paintings, ingrained in her family memories, the times they traveled around similar to a circus family.

Namoda claims to be a traveling artist, but at the same time, she’s rooting herself with a house in Berkshires, her dog Bernadette and other things which help her stay connected to the specific place. She has her live/work studio in East Hampton, as a retreat and workplace. "It’s 2000 square feet – utilitarian and practical; I have a painting storage there. But in the same way, it is amidst nature".