SKEWED VISIONS

'Skewed Visions' is an arts company headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota which produces site-specific performances and other multimedia works. The group has continually produced daring site-specific works that have generated critical praise and controversy.[1][2] The group gained notoriety in 2000 for ''The Car'', a performance that took place in cars driven by actors with the audience as passengers. Skewed Visions was formed in 1996 by the artists 'Charles Campbell', 'Gülgün Kayim' and 'Sean Kelley-Pegg'.[3] The company received a grant for theatre work from the Jerome Foundation in 2005[4] and has also received grants from the McKnight Foundation[5]

Contents
Company Members
Awards
Shows
External Links
References

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 of Skewed Visions

Awards


'2004 Artists of the Year'[6]

'2006 Days and Nights, Top Ten show'[7]

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)

External Links



Skewed Visions website

References


1. Ursu, Anne; "Naked Lunch"; City Pages; Volume 19, Issue 924; 19 August 1998
2. "All The World's a Stage: Skewed Visions adapts three plays to the rooms of a historic building"; Minneapolis Observer Quarterly; 6 April 2006
3. Morstad, Marya; "Radio mnartists: Gulgun Kayim" (audio interview); MNartists.org website; 20 April 2006
4. "Theater Grants"; Jerome Foundation website
5. "Arts Grantees"; McKnight Foundation website
6. Skinner, Quinton; "Artists of the Year: Skewed Visions"; City Pages; Volume 25, Issue 1256; 29 December 2004
7. Skinner, Quinton; "Curtain Call"; City Pages; Volume 27, Issue 1360; 27 December 2006


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