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05/23/2026

This year I entered my college’s writing contest and I won third place for scripts! This is a one act play about an imagined meeting between the father of modern philosophy Rene Descartes and the great environmentalist Alexander von Humboldt. Humboldt’s life was so interesting that there should be a Hamilton-style musical written about him. Here, however, I reimagine only the day he died. Maybe I will expand it one day. There is a critical typo in the republication of my play in the magazine “The Match Factory” (the typo is “yourres extensadeparture”). I suggest through this play that death should be called a “res extensa departure” referencing Descartes’ coined phrase “res extensa” for the material world, rather than using the term “death” meaning an end to life. This play takes place on the last day of Humboldt’s res extensa existence, the day people recognize as the day he died.

Galliard Spirits by Marcy Fiorentino—link to the play below

https://sva.edu/features/galliard-spirits

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Galliard Spirits | School of Visual Arts | SVA NYC It is May 6, 1859, a warm spring day in Berlin, Prussia. HUMBOLDT is sitting in his parlor sipping rose-scented tea while ...

03/04/2026

My window box and hanging basket exhibit has gone through the rigorous passing requirement to be displayed at the world renowned Philadelphia Flower Show! The theme of the show is “Rooted” and the theme for this category is “Lighting the Future.” My exhibit pays tribute to the first flower grown in space, 10 years ago, and shared with the world by International Space Station Commander Scott Kelly. My exhibit imagines a future where window box gardening occurs inside the ISS. All the plants in my exhibit are drought tolerant requiring minimal water and they are edible, with the intent to both sustain and lift the spirits of the astronauts working on the ISS. I hand painted the backdrop, viewed through the window, using acrylic paints. Judging is later today. Stop by and see it and the rest of this magnificent show if you are in Philly. The show is open through Sunday at the Philadelphia Convention Center. Marcy Fiorentino SVA 3DVFX ‘29. Fleisher Art Memorial School of Visual Arts
The Philadelphia Flower Show PHS Pennsylvania Horticultural Society
NASA Astronaut Scott Kelly NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration VASA SVA International Space Station

11/15/2025

I usually book RecPhilly for the art spaces but this week I’m checking out the editing studio in preparation for my final projects for the semester. I love creating at REC! School of Visual Arts