gecko is one of the creative directors of collective:unconscious- a not for profit arts/theater space now in its' 10th year in NYC, that provides an alternative performance and creative venue for emerging artists of all genres, levels and ideosyncracies.

Gecko Saccomanno, [aka ME!!!] is a downtown artstar, and has been involved in the performance scene for many years, expressing her art in a myriad of ways, and, a myriad of venues...She has performed from Woodstock 94 to Lollapalooza, Hammerstien Ballroom to Roseland Ballroom, the Guggenheim to PS 1, PS 122 to Westbeth Theater , Pseudo to We Live In Public, Exit Art Gallery to Here Gallery, and many many many venues, galleries, parties, and museums in between, and some on the far side of the globe. She does large-scale installations, performance installations, meta media works, site specific performances, sculptural art collages, musical ensembles, theater, spoken word, physical performance, dance, and staged events. She is a highly productive artist. Gecko has currently been a member of the collective:unconscious, a not for profit 501-c3 arts organization now in its' 10th year that provides an alternative performance and creative venue for emerging artists of all genres, levels and ideosyncracies. she is a creative director as well as one of the members .After being forced out of the LES due to 'gentrification',thanks to many generous supporters, WE now have a NEW home in Tribeca!! www.weird.org . She produces and performs her own works - all with an eye on technology. She has always been involved with food, having watched her parents throw dinner parties for 200+ on the fly, and the weekly family dinners of 40 or so... [ Italian?- yes!!] She has attend the Institute for Culinary Education and hols a doble degree in Culinary Arts and Culinary Management - with honors. So she is indeed a chef- not just on stage!! She has been an ambient specialist and events planner for many many years as well.

"Gecko tends to perform loads of weird science, typically with one or both of the Tesla coils in house with cybertronic themes, breaking down the barriers between, science, sex ,and nature."

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