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July 2009, SALZBURG FESTIVAL Young Directors Project Temporary Distortion performs Welcome to Nowhere (bullet hole road) at the Salzburg Festival as part of the Young
Directors Project. Since 2002, the Young Directors Project, initiated by Jürgen Flimm, has taken place annually at the Salzburg Festival - a competition for young,
international theater directors and their ensembles. The goal of the project is to introduce audiences to young artists whose works are considered
to be seminal for the future of theater; directors whose international breakthrough is imminent. Salzburg Festival / Young Directors Project More info on Welcome to Nowhere (on tour 2009 & 2010) |
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| September - November 2009, AN INSTRUMENT FOR THE MEASURE OF ABSENCE (an installation) AN INSTRUMENT FOR THE MEASURE OF ABSENCE is an interactive video installation that addresses themes concurrently being explored in Temporary Distortion's
theater/cinema performance piece, Americana Kamikaze. Addressing issues of loss, isolation and loneliness, spectators willingly enclose themselves in an ominous closet-like rectangular box.
Alone in the dark, whispering voices invite the viewer to undergo the voyeuristic experience of peering through a small hole in the back wall of the box,
where they will witness various measurements of emptiness, unreality and the void. Gare St Sauveur (Lille, France) More info on An Instrument for the Measure of Absence |
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| October 2009, Americana Kamikaze (US Premiere) Inspired by Japanese ghost stories, but translated through Temporary Distortion's idiosyncratic Western sensibilities, Americana Kamikaze explores the fluidity of time and space, the thin line between madness and reason, and the capacity for acts of extreme violence to transform otherwise unremarkable lives. Co-producers: Maison des Arts de Créteil (Paris), Le Manège (Maubeuge), Performance Space 122 (New York). More info on Americana Kamikaze US Premiere, October 2009 |
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| Recent Publications
Read about Temporary Distortion in Theatre Forum 33 (p3-23).
Issue includes: article about Welcome to Nowhere (bullet hole road) by Philippa Wehle; interview with Writer/Director Kenneth Collins and Video Designer William Cusick, discussing the history of Temporary Distortion; and the complete script of Welcome to Nowhere.
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