Skewed Visions is an arts company headquartered in
Minneapolis
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, Minnesota which produces
site-specific performances and other
multimedia
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works. Formed in 1996, by the artists Charles Campbell, Gülgün Kayim and Sean Kelley-Pegg, the group produces site-specific works that have sometimes been seen as controversial. The group may be best known for ''The Car'', a 2000 performance that took place in cars driven by actors with the audience as passengers. Additionally, Skewed Visions has created original performances for a variety of sites including theaters, office buildings, a rooftop observatory, a former marble factory, a house, a storefront window, a former bombsite factory, a pedestrian shopping mall, and a farmer's market.
The company received project grants from the Jerome Foundation, most recently in 2005, and has also received grants from the Minnesota Metropolitan Regional Arts Council, The Minnesota State Arts Board, and the
McKnight Foundation. In October 2006, Skewed Visions appeared alongside
Meredith Monk and
Stephan Koplowitz as keynote speakers for the first Site-Specific Performance Symposium at the Martin E. Segal Theatre Center of the Graduate Center of
CUNY. The company's production of ''Jasper Johns'' was made with the support of the
National Endowment for the Arts's American Masterpieces initiative.
The company's work has also been the subject of articles in academic journals, frequently focusing on "expanding notions of theater and performance." These include ''
New Theatre Quarterly'', ''
TDR'', and ''Frakcija''.
Company Members
Charles Campbell -Co-Founder, Artistic/Managing Director
Gülgün Kayim -Co-Founder, Artistic Associate
Sean Kelley-Pegg -Co-Founder, Artistic Associate
Awards
1998 Untitled #1, Best of the Year, St. Paul Pioneer Press
2003 The Orange Grove, Outstanding Experimental Work, Star Tribune
2004 The House, Best Experimental Work, Star Tribune
2004 The City Itself, Best of the Year, City Pages
2004 Artists of the Year, City Pages
2006 Days and Nights, Top Ten show, City Pages
2007 Strange Love (device/performance), Outstanding Experimental Theater Work
2012 Black Water, Best of 2011-2012
[Regan, Sheil]
Minnesota Playlist; October 4, 2012
Shows
1997: ''Camille''
1997: ''The Eye in the Door, Part One: Urban Sirens''
1998: ''Untitled #1''
1998: ''The Eye in the Door, Part Two: Breakfast of Champions''
1999: ''The Eye in the Door, Part Three: The Bicycle''
2000: ''The City Itself, Part One: The Car''
2001: ''You Are Here''
2003: ''The Orange Grove''
review 1review 2
2004: ''Pipes''
review
2004: ''The City Itself series: The Car, The Sidewalk and The House''
review1review 2
2006: ''Days and Nights series: A Quiet Ambition, Time For Bed and The Hidden Room''
review 1review 3
2007: ''Strange Love (Device/Performance)''
review 1review 3
review 4
2008: ''Jasper Johns''
review
2009: ''He Woke Up In A Strange Place Called Home And Although Looking For Bed He Kept Finding Death Instead''
review 1review 2
2012: ''Black Water''
review
2013: ''Invisible City''
review
2014: ''EX''
review
2016: ''EX(remade)''
2016: ''Losing Kantor''
2017: ''APPETITE''
External links
Skewed Visions websitePublic radio article about Skewed VisionsSkewed Visions at mnartists.org
References
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Theatre companies in Minneapolis
Theatre in Minneapolis
Site-specific theatre