Temporary Distortion

Temporary distortion (Td) ( www.temporarydistortion.com ) pushes the boundaries of theater by reframing it as a plastic art. Our work is characterized by an explicit obsession with sculptural form, where all acts are enclosed in claustrophobic boxlike structures, lined with industrial lighting equipment and entangled by all manner of cables, video monitors, projectors, microphones and multiple speaker systems, to create a hypermediated four-dimensional object that tells a story. Live performers share the stage with doppelgängers who appear on film, forming constant parallel narratives that echo, reflect and refract each moment.Temporary distortion has been hosted numerous times as a resident company at Richard Foreman’s Ontological-Hysteric Theater in the East Village and as guest artists at The Chocolate Factory Theater in Long Island City, Queens. Originally formed by writer, director, and designer Kenneth Collins as an informal organization of theater artists in New York City, Td was incorporated as a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization in 2006.