Temporary Distortion explores the potential tensions and overlaps found between practices in visual art, theater, cinema, and music. They work across and between disciplines to create performances, installations, films, albums, and works for the stage. Formed in 2002, the group began by staging intimate performances in claustrophobic, life-size shadow boxes in New York City. Their recent work has focused on long-duration, installation-based performance featuring live music where spectators are encouraged to freely come and go throughout all-night events. Temporary Distortion is based in New York City, where its work has been shown at Anthology Film Archives, Baryshnikov Arts Center, The Chocolate Factory, Harvestworks, Ideal Glass Gallery, Museum of the Moving Image, The New School, the Ontological-Hysteric Theater, Performance Space 122, and the Queens Museum. The Company’s work has also been presented internationally in over 20 cities in Australia, Austria, Canada, the Czech Republic, France, Hungary, Japan, Russia, South Korea, and the United States.
Watermill resident Artist Kenneth Collins leads Temporary Distortion in an interactive discussion followed by a performance. During the performance, the audience will be welcome to come and go freely, staying for as long as they wish—situating the project somewhere between the structures of theatrical performance and gallery installation.