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"Visually neat and atmospheric." - Time Out New York A man on the brink of a spiritual and psychological breakdown. A woman whose face he cannot quite remember. Memory drifts through its own twisted and fractured narrative, until finally, everything vanishes. Contingent was the second of Temporary Distortion's "box" projects. In these minimalist chamber theater experiments, performers were isolated in large glass encased shadow boxes lined with fluorescent lights, from where all spoken text was delivered quietly over microphones. This work was a continuation of Temporary Distortion's investigation of the effects of minimalism and stillness as a performative method and the expressive potential of stillness, silence and monotone in the theater. Performances The Ontological-Hysteric Theater (New York, NY) 2004 Written, Directed & Designed by Kenneth Collins CAST Lorraine Mattox Kevin Schreiber

(2004, Performance Still) (2004, Performance Still)