Skewed Visions is an arts company headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota which produces site-specific performances and other multimedia works. Formed in 1996, by the artists Charles Campbell, Gülgün Kayim and Sean Kelley-Pegg,Morstad, Marya; "Radio mnartists: Gulgun Kayim" (audio interview); MNartists.org website; April 20, 2006 the group produces site-specific works that have sometimes been seen as controversial.Ursu, Anne; "Naked Lunch"; City Pages; Volume 19, Issue 924; August 19, 1998 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,"Theater Grants"; Jerome Foundation website and has also received grants from the Minnesota Metropolitan Regional Arts Council, The Minnesota State Arts Board, and the McKnight Foundation."Arts Grantees"; McKnight Foundation website 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.CUNY 2006 Site-Specific Symposium: http://web.gc.cuny.edu/Mestc/programs/fall06/site-specific_performance.htm#sitespecificthursday 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."Company mission: http://www.skewedvisions.org/company/index.php 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 PagesSkinner, Quinton; "Artists of the Year: Skewed Visions"; City Pages; Volume 25, Issue 1256; December 29, 2004 2006 Days and Nights, Top Ten show, City PagesSkinner, Quinton; "Curtain Call"; City Pages; Volume 27, Issue 1360; December 27, 2006 2007 Strange Love (device/performance), Outstanding Experimental Theater WorkRoyce, Graydon "These Were A Few of Our Favorite Things"; Minneapolis Star-Tribune; December 29, 2007 2012 Black Water, Best of 2011-2012Regan, Sheila ; 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 1; review 2) 2004: Pipes (review) 2004: The City Itself series: The Car, The Sidewalk and The House (review1; review 2) 2006: Days and Nights series: A Quiet Ambition, Time For Bed and The Hidden Room (review 1; review 2; review 3) 2007: Strange Love (Device/Performance) (review 1; review 2; review 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 1; review 2) 2012: Black Water (review) 2013: Invisible City (review) 2014: EX (review) 2016: EX(remade) 2016: Losing Kantor 2017: APPETITE
External links Skewed Visions website Public radio article about Skewed Visions Skewed Visions at mnartists.org
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