Skewed Visions

works. Formed in 1996 by the artists Charles Campbell, Gülgün Kayim and Sean Kelley-Pegg, [Morstad, Marya; [http://www.mnartists.org/article.do?rid=101071 "Radio mnartists: Gulgun Kayim" (audio interview)] ; MNartists.org website; 20 April 2006] the group has continually produced daring site-specific works that have generated critical praise and controversy. [Ursu, Anne; [http://www.citypages.com/databank/19/924/article5781.asp "Naked Lunch"] ; City Pages; Volume 19, Issue 924; 19 August 1998] [ [http://www.mplsobserver.com/node/898 "All The World's a Stage: Skewed Visions adapts three plays to the rooms of a historic building"] ; Minneapolis Observer Quarterly; 6 April 2006] The group gained notoriety in 2000 for "The Car", a performance that took place in cars driven by actors with the audience as passengers. In addition to cars, Skewed Visions has created original performances for a variety of sites including theaters, [Pipes [http://www.skewedvisions.org/projects/2004/index.php] ] office buildings, [Days and Nights [http://www.skewedvisions.org/projects/2006/index.php] ] a rooftop observatory, [You Are Here [http://www.skewedvisions.org/projects/2001/index.php] ] a former marble factory, [Untitled #1 [http://www.skewedvisions.org/projects/1998/index.php] ] a house, [The House [http://www.skewedvisions.org/projects/2004/index.php] ] a storefront window, [Urban Sirens [http://www.skewedvisions.org/projects/1997/index.php] ] a former bombsite factory, [The Orange Grove [http://www.skewedvisions.org/projects/2003/index.php] ] a pedestrian shopping mall, [The Bicycle [http://www.skewedvisions.org/projects/1999/index.php] ] and a farmer's market. [Breakfast of Champions [http://www.skewedvisions.org/projects/1998/index.php] ]

The company received grants for theater work from the Jerome Foundation, most recently in 2005 [ [http://www.jeromefdn.org/IV~Grant_Programs/H~Grants_Awarded/mm~Theater_Grants.aspx "Theater Grants"] ; Jerome Foundation website] and has also received grants from the Minnesota Metropolitan Regional Arts Council [ [http://www.mrac.org/news/Awards.html#AAS07-2"MRAC recent grant awards"] ] , The Minnesota State Arts Board [ [http://www.arts.state.mn.us/grants/2008/08_am_master.htm"American Masterpieces"] ] , and the McKnight Foundation [ [http://www.mcknight.org/grantsprograms/grantee_results.aspx?date_approved=&org_name=&org_city=&desc_keyword=&prog_area_1=Arts&page=10 "Arts Grantees"] ; McKnight Foundation website] . In October 2006 Skewed Visions appeared alongside Meredith Monk and Stephen 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 work has also been the subject of articles in academic journals, reflecting their interest in "expanding notions of theater and performance." [Company mission: http://www.skewedvisions.org/company/index.php] These include New Theatre Quarterly, ["Accumulation, Loss, and Deferral: Charles Campbell and Steve Epley's Site-Specific Performance ‘You Are Here’" New Theatre Quarterly (2004), 20: 180-191 Cambridge UP] TDR, ["The Space Specific Theatre: Skewed Visions' The City Itself" TDR: The Drama Review, Volume 49, Number 3 (T 187), Fall 2005] and Frakcija ["The Walls That Howled: On The Limits of Discursivity in Skewed Visions' Site-Specific Performance 'Days and Nights'" Frakcija, Volume 42 2007] .

Company Members

Charles Campbell -Co-Founder, Co-Artistic/Managing Director
Gülgün Kayim -Co-Founder, Co-Artistic/Managing Director
Sean Kelley-Pegg -Co-Founder, Co-Artistic/Media Director

Awards

2004 Artists of the Year [Skinner, Quinton; [http://citypages.com/databank/25/1256/article12818.asp "Artists of the Year: Skewed Visions"] ; City Pages; Volume 25, Issue 1256; 29 December 2004]
2006 Days and Nights, Top Ten show [Skinner, Quinton; [http://citypages.com/databank/25/1256/article12818.asp "Curtain Call"] ; City Pages; Volume 27, Issue 1360; 27 December 2006]
2007 Strange Love (device/performance), Outstanding Experimental Theater Work [Royce, Graydon [http://www.startribune.com/entertainment/onstage/12870066.html "These Were A Few of Our Favorite Things"] ; Minneapolis Star-Tribune; 29 December 2007]

hows

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" ( [http://citypages.com/databank/24/1172/article11264.asp review 1] ; [http://www.mndaily.com/articles/2003/05/08/38930 review 2] )
2004: "Pipes" ( [http://www.matthewaeverett.com/columns/detail.php?articleID=402 review] )
2004: "The City Itself series: The Car, The Sidewalk and The House" ( [http://www.swjournal.com/articles/2004/10/06/swjlife/swlife02.txt review1] ; [http://citypages.com/databank/25/1242/article12491.asp review 2] )
2006: "Days and Nights series: A Quiet Ambition, Time For Bed and The Hidden Room" ( [http://www.citypages.com/databank/27/1324/article14291.asp review 1] ; [http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117930300.html?categoryid=33&cs=1 review 2] ; [http://www.mndaily.com/articles/2006/04/24/68104 review 3] )
2007: "Strange Love (Device/Performance)" ( [http://articles.citypages.com/2007-09-26/performing-arts/strange-love/ review 1] ; [http://www.startribune.com/1555/story/1450364.html review 2] ; [http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/node/6871 review 3] ; [http://www.mnartists.org/article.do?rid=160671 review 4] )
2008: "Jasper Johns"( [http://www.mnartists.org/article.do?rid=196380 review] )

External links

* [http://www.skewedvisions.org/ Skewed Visions website]
* [http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2007/09/19/skewedvisions/ Public radio article about Skewed Visions]
* [http://mnartists.org/organizationHome.do?rid=69171 Skewed Visions at mnartists.org]

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