Baltimore City Paper - October, 2009
Going Up
Tim Scofield and Mara Neimanis turn their love of flight into Baltimore's first ever aerial festival
By Bret McCabe

For some people, the laws of gravity were made to be broken. "We have an airline recoiling spool at work," says local kinetic sculpture artist Tim Scofield, who uses his mechanics' hands to describe this object that accordions out from a fixed point. "It comes out off the wall and hangs down and I'm thinking, hmmm. It comes out about five feet off the wall, and it can almost enable you to jump from wall to wall. And it'd be cool to have about two or three of them going. You know, I get my work ideas from things like that. You know, make it bigger. Put a harness on it." ... read article

Washington Post - July, 2007
Lifting Her Spirits
When Her Strength Deserted Her, Mara Neimanis Grew Wings
By Sarah Kaufman | Washington Post Staff Writer

Gravity, what a downer. Always getting in the way. How do you tell the story of Amelia Earhart, for instance, particularly the last few minutes of her fateful 1937 flight around the world, when you're an earthbound mortal performing in a theater space? ... read article

Buffalo News - February, 2007
'Air Heart' takes flight
By Colin Dabkowski | News Staff Reviewer

In "Air Heart," a one-woman show written and performed by Mara Neimanis, there's no need to suspend your disbelief. Neimanis, who spends nearly the entire show swinging from a 12-foot-tall metal sculpture, will suspend it for you. ... read article