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 witness various measurements of emptiness, unreality and the void.

An Instrument For The Measure Of Absence is currently available for touring, contact: kenneth@temporarydistortion.com

2011

Theatre National de Toulouse (Toulouse, France)

2010

LIFE International Space for Emerging Arts (Saint-Nazaire, France)
Theatre Agora (Paris, France)

2009

Gare St. Sauveur (Lille, France)
EXIT Festival, Maison des Arts de Créteil (Paris, France)
VIA Festival International (Maubeuge, France) world-premiere
Harvestworks (New York, NY)

CREDITS

Co-creators: Kenneth Collins & William Cusick
Mise-en-scène by Kenneth Collins
Video Design by William Cusick
Sound by John Sully
Costumes by TaraFawn Marek
Interactive Design by Ryan Holsopple

Film Cast: Yuki Kawahisa. Voices: Lorraine Mattox, Sandrine Delattre. Special thanks to Christine Vartoughian.

Co-producers: Arcadi (Paris), Maison des Arts de Créteil (Paris), Harvestworks Digital Media Arts Center (New York) and Le Manège (Maubeuge).