https://www.kennethcollins.art/home daily 1.0 2026-01-14 https://www.kennethcollins.art/bio daily 0.75 2026-01-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62b799a4ae0e7838515d4ed5/02a46fc4-fe25-4eba-ab16-dfaa66c5c6e2/MAKING+ART+05.jpg BIO Kenneth Collins works in the gray space between the "black box" of theater and the "white cube" of the art gallery, creating projects at the intersection of visual art, digital media, theater, cinema, and artificial intelligence, investigating questions of authorship, embodiment, and human expression in the age of generative media. His practice encompasses sculpture, video art, installation, performance, and synthetic media works that challenge the traditional boundaries between disciplines. As founder and artistic director of Temporary Distortion (2000-present), named one of the "Best New York Theater Companies" by TimeOut NY Magazine, Collins has created work shown in over 30 cities across 17 countries on five continents. This includes work in Australia, Austria, Canada, Czech Republic, France, Greece, Hungary, Japan, New Zealand, Peru, Poland, Russia, South Korea, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand, and the United States. During this time, his company maintained its roots in New York City as an invested stakeholder in the downtown arts scene for over 25 years. His work as a visual artist has been exhibited at the Grand Palais Immersif (Paris), Centre of Contemporary Art Znaki Czasu (Poland), Benaki Museum (Greece), Bakhrushin Museum (Moscow), Aram Art Museum (South Korea), River City Bangkok, The Anchor of Arts & Antiques (Thailand), Yates Gallery (Chicago), and Ideal Glass Gallery (New York City). Reflections on his work have been featured in numerous books including La vidéo en scène: L'acteur et ses technologies, Performance & Media: Taxonomies for a Changing Field, Utopii performative: Artisti Radicali ai Scenei Americane in Secolul 21, the popular US introduction to theatre textbook, Theatre, Brief, among others. Academic essays on his work have been published in Yale's Theater, NYU's The Drama Review, UCSD’s TheatreForum, Queen Mary’s Contemporary Theatre Review, American Theater, Chance Magazine, and other industry leading periodicals. Kenneth Collins serves as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Film and Media Arts at the University of Utah, where he is a Responsible AI Initiative (RAI) Faculty Fellow and holds a shared-faculty appointment with the Scientific Computing and Imaging (SCI) Institute. 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Alone in the dark, behind a blood-red door, viewers are invited to undergo the voyeuristic experience of peering through a small hole, where they may witness an unexpected encounter with what is otherwise hidden and absent from view. Aram Art Museum, South Korea (2015) Théâtre de l’Avant-Seine, France (2014) Théâtre national de Toulouse, France (2011) LiFE Space for Emerging Arts, France (2010) Théâtre de L'Agora, Paris (2010) Gare Saint-Sauveur, France (2009) Maison des Arts de Créteil, Paris (2009) Le Manège, France (2009) https://www.kennethcollins.art/portfolio/this-empty-room-no-2 monthly 0.5 2022-08-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62b799a4ae0e7838515d4ed5/1661833567301-F2CR7EQBOZS7GCIL5KI0/EmptyRoomSWISS001.jpg Portfolio - This Empty Room (no. 2) - Kenneth Collins (Producer, Writer, Director, Cinematographer, Mise-en-scène) The second in an ongoing series of contemplative and site-specific, short films. Each film in the series spends 15 minutes looking deeply at a single empty room, utilizing the cinematic lens as a tool for meditation. There are as many possible versions of this film as there are rooms in the world to film them. 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Queens Museum, New York City (2013) Cinetarium Film Festival, Wisconsin (2013) Museum of the Moving Image, New York City (2013) Queens World Film Festival, New York City (2013)* Dreamland Film Festival, New Haven (2012) Pollygrind Film Festival, Las Vegas (2012) Anthology Film Archives, New York City (2012) Lower East Side Film Festival, New York City (2012)** * awarded Founder’s Choice ** awarded Best Feature Film of the festival https://www.kennethcollins.art/portfolio/quicksand monthly 0.5 2022-08-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62b799a4ae0e7838515d4ed5/3a787ac4-a98c-4a43-89d0-5926a2f20c4d/Screen+Shot+2022-08-11+at+12.40.26+AM.png Portfolio - Quicksand https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62b799a4ae0e7838515d4ed5/c7bc4cde-9ef8-4852-ab7a-1f310b49ac2f/Screen+Shot+2022-08-13+at+12.46.25+AM.png Portfolio - Quicksand https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62b799a4ae0e7838515d4ed5/f014ec16-d64f-4a47-ba0f-5b1233520e58/Screen+Shot+2022-08-11+at+12.40.49+AM.png Portfolio - Quicksand - Kenneth Collins (Director, Cinematographer, Editor) This narrative short film documented the tragic impact of inner-city violence in Chicago, based on the true-life story of the film’s lead actor and screenwriter, Michael Taylor. https://www.kennethcollins.art/portfolio/eight-algorithms monthly 0.5 2022-08-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62b799a4ae0e7838515d4ed5/2adc024f-0a7f-497e-80e1-7ae6e8f99d68/Screen+Shot+2022-08-30+at+11.16.47+AM.png Portfolio - Eight Algorithms for Awakening https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62b799a4ae0e7838515d4ed5/1661883765849-WTSAYCGW4QVCYK34YW0X/Screen%2BShot%2B2022-08-30%2Bat%2B11.20.17%2BAM.jpg Portfolio - Eight Algorithms for Awakening https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62b799a4ae0e7838515d4ed5/7e2a9d7d-d5b6-48ad-896a-341c625ea6cd/Screen+Shot+2022-08-12+at+11.51.35+PM.png Portfolio - Eight Algorithms for Awakening - Kenneth Collins (Writer, Director, Digital Media Designer, Character Designer, Animator, Scenic Designer, Costumer Designer, Performer) Eight Algorithms for Awakening is an interdisciplinary, performance-art project in which digital avatars and human bodies share the stage in an unlikely exploration of expanded consciousness. Inspired by Ray Kurzweil’s book The Age of Spiritual Machines, this performance traverses the territory “where the soul and silicon chip unite.” On the edge of the coming singularity, this project speculates about what will happen when Artificial Intelligence is introduced to millennia-old, ancient-wisdom teachings. Will these new AI digital beings experience consciousness or achieve enlightenment? And if so, can they somehow help the rest of us transcend the limitations of our ephemeral materiality? Audiences are invited to sit on meditation cushions with headphones at private listening stations located around the outside of a freestanding, octagon-shaped room. At these stations they view a single performer inside the room through two-way-mirrored windows. The performer repeats mantras, affirmations, and meditative exercises prompted by a digital avatar who appears on the eight video screens surrounding them. https://www.kennethcollins.art/portfolio/landscape-performance monthly 0.5 2022-08-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62b799a4ae0e7838515d4ed5/1660195611779-7XWHO9HGQNHB3TMJ0PSA/IMG_2535.JPG Portfolio - Landscape Performance (no. 1) - Kenneth Collins (Concept, Director) A four-hour, site-specific performance that replaced the interiority of the theater, the dance studio, and the recital hall with the expansive topography of the Arizona desert. Viewers were invited to tune into a live feed of the performance for as long as they liked or treat it as a type of ambient dance piece they could keep open in a tab on their computer to revisit throughout the day. https://www.kennethcollins.art/portfolio/one-will-speak-the-other-is-dead monthly 0.5 2022-08-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62b799a4ae0e7838515d4ed5/1660195842404-30FEHK4E64UE81338RZB/speakdead01.jpg Portfolio - One Will Speak, The Other is Dead - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.kennethcollins.art/portfolio/an-unsettled-body monthly 0.5 2022-08-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62b799a4ae0e7838515d4ed5/60fad067-0e43-4863-94b2-ccb93e137f14/Screen+Shot+2022-08-25+at+12.25.51+PM.png Portfolio - An Unsettled Body https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62b799a4ae0e7838515d4ed5/30f210f7-0d68-4d46-a652-a4fac9f444dc/Screen+Shot+2022-08-25+at+12.26.45+PM.png Portfolio - An Unsettled Body https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62b799a4ae0e7838515d4ed5/67b9c466-60bf-4b15-ad8b-a83872dce3b5/Screen+Shot+2022-08-25+at+12.29.27+PM.png Portfolio - An Unsettled Body https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62b799a4ae0e7838515d4ed5/deb1f389-2aa5-447c-ac55-5c3026b9b619/Screen+Shot+2022-08-25+at+12.27.44+PM.png Portfolio - An Unsettled Body https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62b799a4ae0e7838515d4ed5/f66a33d6-7057-4325-9f00-2b839f096519/Screen+Shot+2022-08-25+at+12.28.08+PM.png Portfolio - An Unsettled Body https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62b799a4ae0e7838515d4ed5/ebeab342-306c-4ddf-a557-5849463da9b2/Screen+Shot+2022-08-25+at+12.35.23+PM.png Portfolio - An Unsettled Body https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62b799a4ae0e7838515d4ed5/e7ec9a1e-00f7-44ec-832a-613fb17a9463/Screen+Shot+2022-08-25+at+12.32.29+PM.png Portfolio - An Unsettled Body https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62b799a4ae0e7838515d4ed5/29a3ef56-1f9d-4c6b-b009-7af983fd5163/Screen+Shot+2022-08-25+at+12.33.33+PM.png Portfolio - An Unsettled Body https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62b799a4ae0e7838515d4ed5/ea3ed8cf-e8a4-4687-a492-6722f7414b32/Screen+Shot+2022-08-25+at+12.38.31+PM.png Portfolio - An Unsettled Body https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62b799a4ae0e7838515d4ed5/d0ad54f7-75d9-4c2d-87dd-eac4e5b1ce24/Screen+Shot+2022-08-25+at+12.40.59+PM.png Portfolio - An Unsettled Body https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62b799a4ae0e7838515d4ed5/1660112221860-I9WIK68UQHBR4KVP8Z4P/arts-AnUnsettledBody.jpeg Portfolio - An Unsettled Body - Kenneth Collins (Director, Cinematographer, Editor) A transmedia experience recounting and reshaping the history of Quaker woman Lydia Wardel, who, in 1661, walked naked into her church in Massachusetts. Meant to replicate the fragmentation of history and its echoes from time to time, An Unsettled Body takes place in three parts: What They See, What They Hear, and What They Do. The audience begins by watching a film. After this they are invited to take part in an interactive web experience (a gathering of text, sound, images, and video performances). The final act of the work is an audio play they can listen to on their own personal device at a location of their choice. https://www.kennethcollins.art/portfolio/this-empty-room monthly 0.5 2022-08-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62b799a4ae0e7838515d4ed5/1660111370917-IAVML36BMIVMWSCTLJMX/M3SF0738edit.jpg Portfolio - This Empty Room (no. 1) - Kenneth Collins (Producer, Writer, Director, Mise-en-scène) This Empty Room is an ongoing series of contemplative and site-specific, short films. Each film in the series spends 15 minutes looking deeply at a single empty room, utilizing the cinematic lens as a tool for meditation. There are as many possible versions of this film as there are rooms in the world to film them. Each edition in the series is an intimate portrait that invites the viewer to engage in a single-focused awareness of an otherwise empty room. https://www.kennethcollins.art/portfolio/eva monthly 0.5 2022-08-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62b799a4ae0e7838515d4ed5/1660111183111-70KMVIIX7PT0VLXENMUX/eva01.jpg Portfolio - Eva - Kenneth Collins (Writer, Director, Scenic Designer, Lighting Designer, Sound Designer, Costume Designer) Two performers were isolated from each other and on display behind sheets of glass in large, wooden shadow boxes. Punctuated by sudden blackouts and silences, this 2003 event at Cooper Union in New York City was the first to utilize my signature box-like structures in a theatrical performance. Performed by Temporary Distortion. https://www.kennethcollins.art/portfolio/contingent monthly 0.5 2022-08-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62b799a4ae0e7838515d4ed5/1660111143436-HDUHKXPM86KXWZHXF9XB/Contingent01.jpg Portfolio - Contingent - Kenneth Collins (Writer, Director, Scenic Designer, Lighting Designer, Sound Designer, Costume Designer) Contingent was a 2004 chamber theater experiment for an intimate audience at Richard Foreman’s Ontological-Hysteric Theater in the East Village. Performed by Temporary Distortion. https://www.kennethcollins.art/portfolio/last-year-the-universe monthly 0.5 2022-08-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62b799a4ae0e7838515d4ed5/1660111057551-ZOEIHYKIL3TCQON3V4JM/lastyear01.jpg Portfolio - Last Year, The Universe… - Kenneth Collins (Writer, Director, Scenic Designer, Lighting Designer, Sound Designer) Last Year, The Universe… In Came to Me in a Dream was developed during a six-month artist residency period at Richard Foreman’s Ontological-Hysteric Theater in the East Village in 2005. Performed by Temporary Distortion. https://www.kennethcollins.art/portfolio/watermill-2016 monthly 0.5 2022-08-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62b799a4ae0e7838515d4ed5/efdbd4b7-898f-4642-be4a-eed6cf83af12/03watermill2016.jpg Portfolio - WATERMILL 2016 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62b799a4ae0e7838515d4ed5/66bdf1eb-7b97-4577-8b0a-0b6e5a65243a/04watermill2016.jpg Portfolio - WATERMILL 2016 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62b799a4ae0e7838515d4ed5/cc00251a-f030-4dae-bcbc-b8b4242e5cfd/05watermill2016.jpg Portfolio - WATERMILL 2016 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62b799a4ae0e7838515d4ed5/0bd0db5c-c921-4b5c-b815-756c8941d63c/06watermill2016.jpg Portfolio - WATERMILL 2016 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62b799a4ae0e7838515d4ed5/1660110570811-XSP5WA8WZAC23OLDNKSY/02watermill2016.jpg Portfolio - WATERMILL 2016 - Kenneth Collins (Writer, Director, Scenic Designer, Lighting Designer, Performer) A one-day special event at The Watermill Center, this three-hour performance followed a two-week artist residency period spent developing The Illusion & The Aftermath at Robert Wilson’s laboratory for the arts in New York. Performed by Temporary Distortion with music by John Sully. https://www.kennethcollins.art/portfolio/newyorkland monthly 0.5 2022-08-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62b799a4ae0e7838515d4ed5/35479184-7557-4cea-a0fa-bdad4f4241c5/nyl01.jpg Portfolio - Newyorkland https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62b799a4ae0e7838515d4ed5/fac74140-eab3-4c35-8ba3-28e3a1b23006/nyl02.jpg Portfolio - Newyorkland https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62b799a4ae0e7838515d4ed5/7ad6ab24-61eb-4b51-88cc-6055ee35fdde/newyorkland02.jpg Portfolio - Newyorkland https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62b799a4ae0e7838515d4ed5/bc7438eb-3f2f-400b-80db-d1b7ea43572b/newyorkland01.jpg Portfolio - Newyorkland https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62b799a4ae0e7838515d4ed5/1660109988191-E7RJSUR00JJOO8UFIXOK/newyorkland03.jpg Portfolio - Newyorkland - Kenneth Collins (Writer, Director, Scenic Designer, Lighting Designer) Newyorkland combined cop movies, TV police procedurals, and firsthand accounts of real-life police officers. Interviews were mixed with found text, explorations of cinéma vérité, documentary realism, and pure fiction. This production was the third and final performance in my “theater as film genre” trilogy. This project was performed in multiple cities in North America in 2011 and 2012. https://www.kennethcollins.art/portfolio/counterpoise monthly 0.5 2022-08-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62b799a4ae0e7838515d4ed5/7458ec1a-e21c-4744-aef1-244d8290fe32/counterpoise001.jpg Portfolio - Counterpoise (duet for funiculaire) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62b799a4ae0e7838515d4ed5/e075aada-bdd3-4f60-8f90-80d0f16b1c11/counterpoise002.jpg Portfolio - Counterpoise (duet for funiculaire) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62b799a4ae0e7838515d4ed5/8fd84743-e056-4eef-be95-4083f33479e2/counterpoise006.jpg Portfolio - Counterpoise (duet for funiculaire) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62b799a4ae0e7838515d4ed5/fe43cff5-6ad4-45ce-a1f1-b83b39bd0d2a/counterpoise003.jpg Portfolio - Counterpoise (duet for funiculaire) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62b799a4ae0e7838515d4ed5/aa1e60e0-dd5c-46ae-b5e2-bda0baa1d7b1/counterpoise005.jpg Portfolio - Counterpoise (duet for funiculaire) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62b799a4ae0e7838515d4ed5/861b825f-f283-4c02-8f83-9f6a88a8a33c/counterpoise004.jpg Portfolio - Counterpoise (duet for funiculaire) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62b799a4ae0e7838515d4ed5/70a7e66f-b63d-48de-b3d8-dc08a3d70e46/counterpoise008.jpg Portfolio - Counterpoise (duet for funiculaire) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62b799a4ae0e7838515d4ed5/854e0ce0-2f70-40ab-8761-70f6a6dd72d7/counterpoise010.jpg Portfolio - Counterpoise (duet for funiculaire) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62b799a4ae0e7838515d4ed5/1660109823628-VY3Q35D0RDK1MB8WNW7G/counterpoise007.jpeg Portfolio - Counterpoise (duet for funiculaire) - Kenneth Collins (Concept, Director) Counterpoise (duet for funiculaire) was a site-specific, public art performance. Two musicians occupied the cars of a counterbalanced funiculaire system in Fribourg, Switzerland. The music they played was in accompaniment to the mechanical sounds created by the tracks, gears, and force of the funiculaire's movement. Performed by Temporary Distortion with music by John Sully. https://www.kennethcollins.art/portfolio/rain monthly 0.5 2022-08-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62b799a4ae0e7838515d4ed5/1660109572329-75Y6I7IZ5ICP4OFBNM84/_DSC0791.jpg Portfolio - Talk to Me Like the Rain - Kenneth Collins (Director & Co-Media Designer) In this short atmospheric drama by Tennessee Williams, two unnamed characters, Man and Woman, live in a crumbling flat on the Lower East Side. He is a drunk, and she is purposefully wasting away - but between them there is an intimacy of desperation. Talk to Me Like the Rain and Let Me Listen examines the ways we can feel isolated even while being surrounded by others. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62b799a4ae0e7838515d4ed5/0aaed5c3-957c-4823-ac30-a9b5b1863006/Screen+Shot+2022-02-05+at+2.07.38+AM.jpg Portfolio - Talk to Me Like the Rain - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.kennethcollins.art/portfolio/five-songs monthly 0.5 2024-03-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62b799a4ae0e7838515d4ed5/4f3f95a9-c471-46b9-b0ba-e225d82d4aeb/Screen+Shot+2022-08-13+at+12.19.20+AM.png Portfolio - Five Songs for Fillmore Avenue https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62b799a4ae0e7838515d4ed5/038bb8f1-53eb-4364-b906-6fd4a53c6dbf/BiffKitchen.jpg Portfolio - Five Songs for Fillmore Avenue https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62b799a4ae0e7838515d4ed5/c1282fd3-742f-4c93-8500-8b826649de12/Screen+Shot+2022-08-13+at+12.20.14+AM.png Portfolio - Five Songs for Fillmore Avenue https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62b799a4ae0e7838515d4ed5/92f59712-b8ea-448c-b25c-36152adc7b9a/Screen+Shot+2022-08-13+at+12.21.22+AM.png Portfolio - Five Songs for Fillmore Avenue https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62b799a4ae0e7838515d4ed5/2c23b1b0-87d2-4ed3-abe4-6ba7dac3d2d3/Screen+Shot+2022-08-13+at+12.12.57+AM.png Portfolio - Five Songs for Fillmore Avenue https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62b799a4ae0e7838515d4ed5/63abc31c-68cc-435b-af1a-a66dd454ed2e/Screen+Shot+2022-08-13+at+12.21.55+AM.png Portfolio - Five Songs for Fillmore Avenue https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62b799a4ae0e7838515d4ed5/4d7a7dcd-949b-45c8-94d0-6def5e8c982c/E9151430-9130-4000-9B45-EB26014CB023.JPG Portfolio - Five Songs for Fillmore Avenue https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62b799a4ae0e7838515d4ed5/03397bbf-2934-4b3a-8e3f-eaf181dbd4cc/DogKitchen.jpg Portfolio - Five Songs for Fillmore Avenue https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62b799a4ae0e7838515d4ed5/09b5164a-6cc0-4c42-84ab-8b4032776ee6/Screen+Shot+2022-08-13+at+12.14.03+AM.png Portfolio - Five Songs for Fillmore Avenue https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62b799a4ae0e7838515d4ed5/bd73123a-1a5e-4994-bbd9-334d78cd4312/FilmmakerLVRM.jpg Portfolio - Five Songs for Fillmore Avenue https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62b799a4ae0e7838515d4ed5/1a4a4e89-39aa-47b3-9aec-5ec20e7ea7b2/BiffLow.jpg Portfolio - Five Songs for Fillmore Avenue https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62b799a4ae0e7838515d4ed5/825242b5-c933-4595-833a-b1a08e29b27b/JDog.jpg Portfolio - Five Songs for Fillmore Avenue https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62b799a4ae0e7838515d4ed5/b7205bb9-d544-4095-a634-20cfc9168e69/Screen+Shot+2022-08-13+at+12.07.42+AM.png Portfolio - Five Songs for Fillmore Avenue - Kenneth Collins (Writer, Director, Scenic Designer, Co-Lighting Designer, Media Concept) 50% documentary film… 50% punk concert, Five Songs for Fillmore Avenue was a site-specific performance that combined cinéma vérité and hardcore punk. This project was a collaboration between Kenneth Collins, Buffalo-based musician John Toohill, projection designer Brian Milbrand, the design company, Eclectric Oil and Light, and Torn Space Theatre, as part of a year-long residency with SUNY Buffalo’s Creative Arts Initiative. https://www.kennethcollins.art/portfolio/americana-kamikaze monthly 0.5 2022-08-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62b799a4ae0e7838515d4ed5/1351df52-77ff-4eff-9fb6-dd087b67e520/ak02.jpg Portfolio - Americana Kamikaze https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62b799a4ae0e7838515d4ed5/c41d1a59-4830-4757-9eed-a633809e4098/ak01.jpg Portfolio - Americana Kamikaze https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62b799a4ae0e7838515d4ed5/8460e04f-3304-4f7b-b94e-fdf1adbe3ceb/kamikaze00.jpg Portfolio - Americana Kamikaze https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62b799a4ae0e7838515d4ed5/c82f8c3d-649d-40b3-b1fa-0a5a7090b8f2/kamikaze02.jpg Portfolio - Americana Kamikaze https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62b799a4ae0e7838515d4ed5/1660110117056-0461UYY5OU9I25ZMX5WJ/ak03.jpg Portfolio - Americana Kamikaze - Kenneth Collins (Writer, Director, Scenic Designer, Lighting Designer) Americana Kamikaze was a bilingual performance with a cast of American and Japanese actors that explored a variety of horror-movie tropes. This production was the second performance in my “theater as film genre” trilogy. This work was shown in four cities in Australia, France, and The United States between 2009 and 2011. Performed by Temporary Distortion. https://www.kennethcollins.art/portfolio/welcome-to-nowhere monthly 0.5 2022-08-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62b799a4ae0e7838515d4ed5/3857b932-a6f8-4bf4-a96a-f809a00d533f/WTN.jpg Portfolio - Welcome to Nowhere https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62b799a4ae0e7838515d4ed5/1ef821c1-982a-410f-bfa4-78af87f88584/nowhere03.jpg Portfolio - Welcome to Nowhere https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62b799a4ae0e7838515d4ed5/94e05fb4-f92b-42e9-be37-df13974607b6/nowhere02.jpg Portfolio - Welcome to Nowhere https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62b799a4ae0e7838515d4ed5/1247905d-9c63-4f4d-a5ad-1a90f73f5f24/nowhere09.png Portfolio - Welcome to Nowhere https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62b799a4ae0e7838515d4ed5/1660110491168-Q7KBD4VEA9BDM86H9YGX/nowhere00alt.jpg Portfolio - Welcome to Nowhere - Kenneth Collins (Writer, Director, Scenic Designer, Lighting Designer) Welcome to Nowhere (bullet hole road) was a hybrid of theater and cinema that explored the violence and sexuality found at the heart of the American road movie. This production was the first performance in my “theater as film genre” trilogy. This work was performed in numerous cities throughout Europe and North America between 2007 and 2011. Performed by Temporary Distortion. https://www.kennethcollins.art/portfolio/watermill-2014 monthly 0.5 2022-08-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62b799a4ae0e7838515d4ed5/c0a83c1f-df94-4fb7-b740-4569cde1b6cd/02watermill2014.jpg Portfolio - WATERMILL 2014 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62b799a4ae0e7838515d4ed5/1660110800749-V038QF2SYG278IRYYI9R/01watermill2014.jpg Portfolio - WATERMILL 2014 - Kenneth Collins (Writer, Director, Scenic Designer, Lighting Designer, Performer) A site-specific performance featuring a selection of works by Donald Judd and other artists in Robert Wilson's personal collection at The Watermill Center. This six-hour performance followed a two-week artist residency period spent developing My Voice Has an Echo in It at Robert Wilson’s laboratory for the arts in New York. Performed by Temporary Distortion with music by John Sully. https://www.kennethcollins.art/portfolio/ghost-box monthly 0.5 2022-08-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62b799a4ae0e7838515d4ed5/9ce9b3c0-a04a-449c-b98d-a3bde2a8c998/ghostbox01.jpg Portfolio - Someone in the Ghost Box https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62b799a4ae0e7838515d4ed5/6e91ddd6-9d16-45e0-8eee-022c32844894/ghostbox02.jpg Portfolio - Someone in the Ghost Box https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62b799a4ae0e7838515d4ed5/1660110919396-TEUBF756G1MZ298S5GHY/ghostbox03.jpg Portfolio - Someone in the Ghost Box - Kenneth Collins (Writer, Director, Scenic Designer, Lighting Designer, Sound Designer) Someone in the Ghost Box Told Me it Was You was a 2006 multilingual performance in English, French, and Portuguese held at The Chocolate Factory in New York City. Performed by Temporary Distortion. https://www.kennethcollins.art/portfolio/meditationcrate monthly 0.5 2024-03-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62b799a4ae0e7838515d4ed5/b883aa34-db94-45b8-be05-ad07ca5efa57/The_Performance_Arcade_2024-pm_Ra_92598-lowres.jpg Portfolio - MEDITATION CRATE (transducer) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62b799a4ae0e7838515d4ed5/cbdf96e3-0b0a-4cb6-99f5-4c38036407ae/The_Performance_Arcade_2024-pm_Ra_92604-lowres.jpg Portfolio - MEDITATION CRATE (transducer) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62b799a4ae0e7838515d4ed5/167401a1-6ccc-49ed-a17d-1479d4585841/The_Performance_Arcade_2024-pm_Ra_92608-lowres.jpg Portfolio - MEDITATION CRATE (transducer) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62b799a4ae0e7838515d4ed5/9e77076b-fc4f-42f3-a1e2-a9e738bbdf9b/The_Performance_Arcade_2024-pm_Ra_92600-lowres.jpg Portfolio - MEDITATION CRATE (transducer) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62b799a4ae0e7838515d4ed5/c015c474-d70c-4d4b-aaa1-8b7bd55f8ba9/The_Performance_Arcade_2024-pm_Ra_92727-lowres.jpg Portfolio - MEDITATION CRATE (transducer) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62b799a4ae0e7838515d4ed5/1711068004749-Y60AYHFHZDRPCWY0A2BL/IMG_6222.jpg Portfolio - MEDITATION CRATE (transducer) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62b799a4ae0e7838515d4ed5/1711067923979-NDO8YXWGR0FM26848YTD/The_Performance_Arcade_2024-pm_Ra_92177-lowres.jpg Portfolio - MEDITATION CRATE (transducer) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62b799a4ae0e7838515d4ed5/1711067762126-0LQUW39R27X5VFEHUQWD/IMG_6403.jpg Portfolio - MEDITATION CRATE (transducer) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62b799a4ae0e7838515d4ed5/1711066412502-ATRRI7EDOVVSQREN4PXZ/The_Performance_Arcade_2024-pm_Ra_92617-lowres.jpg Portfolio - MEDITATION CRATE (transducer) - Kenneth Collins (Director, Scenic Designer, Lighting Designer) An immersive sound installation that reimagines the purpose of a shipping container by transcending its utilitarian origins to offer the public a resonant sanctuary for music, introspection, and connection. Visitors become part of the sonic tapestry of the piece as sound is converted by bass shaker tactile transducers to create physical sensations that can be felt by the audience inside of the shipping container. Low-frequency audio signals create a pleasurable haven inside the industrial steel box, where individuals can immerse themselves in a harmonious interplay of sensory stimulation and personal contemplation. MEDITATION CRATE (transducer) builds on other recent projects by Collins that integrate the contemplative arts into contemporary performance through the creation of extended-duration meditative/cultural events for the general public. Photos by Philip Merry and Amandala Photography https://www.kennethcollins.art/portfolio/echo monthly 0.5 2022-08-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62b799a4ae0e7838515d4ed5/09cab663-d7b1-48fb-992a-735b3021946d/KCred.jpg Portfolio - My Voice Has an Echo in It https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62b799a4ae0e7838515d4ed5/f59b9da9-e6cd-48e6-b874-0f3eea8b3eee/Sully.jpg Portfolio - My Voice Has an Echo in It https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62b799a4ae0e7838515d4ed5/69ca5d62-72e6-40af-b717-c80fc7079184/CollinsAudience.jpg Portfolio - My Voice Has an Echo in It https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62b799a4ae0e7838515d4ed5/59561335-8586-499d-bddb-6aad1b994907/SullyKyleCollins.jpg Portfolio - My Voice Has an Echo in It https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62b799a4ae0e7838515d4ed5/be97d0c1-7361-4918-bc61-75e2d6249593/AudienceKyle.jpg Portfolio - My Voice Has an Echo in It https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62b799a4ae0e7838515d4ed5/49816b97-278c-4844-8ff4-113fe53ccea7/KyleSullyFettermanAudience.jpg Portfolio - My Voice Has an Echo in It https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62b799a4ae0e7838515d4ed5/52ba760d-f21c-4f73-8d1b-166e7360f925/SullyCollinsAudience2.jpg Portfolio - My Voice Has an Echo in It https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62b799a4ae0e7838515d4ed5/1660111779653-ZBKN3KVYF7RZQE1NVIFG/KCreadingclose.jpg Portfolio - My Voice Has an Echo in It https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62b799a4ae0e7838515d4ed5/09d70c7a-42bc-4d70-addb-a628503c3798/KCreadingbook.jpg Portfolio - My Voice Has an Echo in It - Kenneth Collins (Writer, Director, Scenic Designer, Lighting Designer, Performer) My Voice Has an Echo in It was a six-hour, extended-duration performance of live music, spoken text, and video. The performance was set behind two-way mirrors in a soundproof installation. Viewers listened privately through headphones and were encouraged to come and go as they wished. Performed by Temporary Distortion with music by John Sully. Response Performance Festival, Buffalo (2016) Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago (2016) Ideal Glass Gallery / PS122 COIL Festival, New York City (2015) EMPAC, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy (2014) Stereolux, Nantes, France (2014) Exit Festival / Maison des Arts de Créteil, Paris (2014) Via Festival / Le Manège, France (2014) https://www.kennethcollins.art/portfolio/illusion monthly 0.5 2022-12-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62b799a4ae0e7838515d4ed5/aa5f4d6c-1bdd-46ff-9448-4c78d7d2c432/SullyCROP.jpg Portfolio - The Illusion & The Aftermath - Kenneth Collins (Concept, Director, Scenic Designer, Lighting Designer, Performer) The Illusion & The Aftermath is a performance of live music that unfolds slowly over the course of several hours for a meditating audience. Meditation cushions and headphones are provided for the audience, who may come and go as they wish, staying for only as long as they would like. For someone in the room without headphones, the performance is virtually silent. Performed by Temporary Distortion with music by John Sully. Response Performance Festival, Buffalo (2019) Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago (2018) Prelude Festival, New York City (2017) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62b799a4ae0e7838515d4ed5/8376bd8a-777f-4fc5-bb11-71aa3c685134/Illusion.jpg Portfolio - The Illusion & The Aftermath - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.