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Assistant Professor, Film & Media Arts Department
Professional Service
- The Whitney Museum of American Art.
Role: Committee Member.
Served on small roundtable committee designed to share perspectives on contemporary performance in NYC with Jay Sanders, Curator of Performance for The Whitney Museum of American Art.
10/2013 - 10/2013
Community Partnership
- Tibet House US. Volunteer Recording Engineer. Assisted Dr. Miles Neale with recording his classes for distribution online for the Nalanda Institute for Contemplative Science’s four-year course on contemplative living at Tibet House US, founded by Robert Thurman, Philip Glass, and Richard Gere
at the request of His Holiness the Dalai Lama.
01/2013 - 04/2015
Honors & Awards
- Summer Fellowship.
University of Iowa Entrepreneurial Center,
06/2022
- Summer Fellowship.
University of Iowa Graduate College,
06/2021
- Research Grant for Arts, Humanities, & Social Sciences.
University of Iowa,
02/2021
- College of Fine Arts Hall of Distinction.
Indiana University of Pennsylvania,
11/2020
- Artist Relief Grant.
United States Artists,
03/2020
- Artist in Residence.
Creative Arts Initiative, SUNY Buffalo,
01/2020
- Artist in Residence.
The Watermill Center,
01/2016
- Jerome Foundation Award.
Jerome Foundation,
01/2015
- Artist in Residence.
Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute ,
10/2014
- Artist in Residence.
The Watermill Center,
01/2014
- Inclusion in USA National Exhibition.
Prague Quadrennial,
06/2011
- Greenwall Foundation Award.
Greenwall Foundation,
01/2011
- Young Alumni Achievement Award.
Indiana University of Pennsylvania,
10/2009
- Young Directors Project Competition Inclusion.
Salzburg Festival,
08/2009
- MacDowell Fellow.
The MacDowell Colony,
02/2009
- Greenwall Foundation Award.
Greenwall Foundation,
01/2009
- Artist in Residence.
The Ontological-Hysteric Theater,
07/2006
Affiliations
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Mindfulness Meditation Teacher Certification Program
(MMTCP),
Member,
02/2019 - present
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Lincoln Center Theater Directors Lab
(LCT Directors Lab),
Member,
01/2004 - present
In the Media
- Shaw, Helen. “Gee, Officer: Why Are There So Few Plays About Cops?” NY Magazine/Vulture 15 July 2020. 07/2020.
- Soloski, Alexis. “Ways to Leave Cabin Fever Behind.” New York Times 10 July 2020: C2. 07/2020.
- Akbar, Arifa. “Lockdown Culture: Americana Kamikaze Review – Film Noir and Japanese Horror Chill Reality into a Dream.” The Guardian 15 April 2020. 04/2020.
- Miller, Melinda. “Artsbeat: Theater takes a bow, the BPO 'MmmBops' and Torn Space goes tonal.”
The Buffalo News 6 Jun. 2019. 06/2019.
- ABC News Chicago, Temporary Distortion performance art featured at Chicago Cultural Center. 01/2018.
https://abc7chicago.com/yates-gallery-chicago-cult...
- Dabkowski, Colin. “Echoes of the past.” The Buffalo News 18 Aug. 2016. 08/2016.
- Dabkowski, Colin. “Torn Space Theater plans experimental theater festival.” The Buffalo News
17 Dec. 2015. 12/2015.
- Shaw, Helen. “Reviewing Shows in Under the Radar, COIL, and more.” TimeOut New York Magazine
9 Jan. 2015. 01/2015.
- Soloski, Alexis. “A Cold Month Is No Longer Dark.” New York Times 2 Jan. 2015: C1. 01/2015.
- Sellar, Tom. “Wintry Mix: Will January’s Theater Festivals Warm You Up?” Village Voice 14 Jan. 2015. 01/2015.
- Soloski, Alexis. “Music Emanating From a Box.” New York Times 9 Jan. 2015: C5. 01/2015.
- Serratore, Nicole. “NYC Festival Wrap up.” American Theater Magazine 25 Jan. 2015. 01/2015.
- Tran, Diep. “Taylor Mac and Temporary Distortion: In for the Duration.” American Theater Magazine
8 Jan. 2015. 01/2015.
- Bent, Eliza. “International Attitudes.” American Theater Magazine. Vol. 32 Issue 1 2015: 106-109. 01/2015.
- Sellar, Tom. “These Five Experimental-Theater Festivals Have Never Heard of You, Either.” Village Voice 26 Nov. 2014. 11/2014.
- La Rocco, Claudia. “Straight Acting.” Artforum. 02 May 2014. 05/2014.
- Escolano, Véronique. “Ils jouent six heures enfermé dans la boîte.” Ouest-France 17 April 2014. 04/2014.
- Arvers, Fabienne. “The shows not to be missed.” Les Inrockuptibles 26 March 2014. Paris, France. 03/2014.
- Barker, Jeremy. “Kenneth Collins.” Chance Magazine. 3 (2014): 88-109. 01/2014.
- La Rocco, Claudia. “Dig Your Own Hole.” Artforum. 23 Sept. 2013. 09/2013.
- Dabkowski, Colin. “Silo City continues its artistic evolution with Motion Picture.” The Buffalo News
22 Aug. 2013. 08/2013.
- Trueman, Matt. “Noises off: From Salesman to selling out.” The Guardian. 8 June 2012. 06/2012.
- Soloski, Alexis. “The COIL & Under the Radar Fests Meet Multimedia, 2012-Style.” Village Voice 4 Jan. 2012. 01/2012.
- Zuckerman, Esther. “Newyorkland Wants To Get Into NYPD Cops’ Heads Behind The Headlines.” Village Voice 22 Jan. 2012. 01/2012.
- Zinoman, Jason. " Why January Is the Coolest Month Onstage." New York Times 4 Jan. 2012: C1. 01/2012.
- Hedli, Laura. “Trailers to Tempt the Theatergoer.” New York Times 8 Jan. 2012: AR4. 01/2012.
- Fitzgerald, Jason. "Newyorkland (Critic's Pick)." Backstage 17 Jan. 2012. 01/2012.
- Shaw, Helen. “Temporary Distortion artfully deconstructs the NYPD.” TimeOut New York Magazine
19 Jan. 2012: 73. 01/2012.
- Zinoman, Jason. "The Officers’ Workaday, Work-a-Night Lives, Far From Movie Glamour." New York Times 17 Jan. 2012: C7. 01/2012.
- Kennedy, Mark. “Theater festivals to warm up cold New York.” Asbury Park Press. 1 Jan. 2012: E4. 01/2012.
- Keogh, Tom. “Newyorkland digs deep into the world of cops.” Seattle Times 18 Nov. 2011. 11/2011.
- Hunt, Stephen. “1970s cop films take centre stage.” Calgary Herald 9 Nov. 2011: F3. 11/2011.
- Berson, Misha. “Both sides of the thin blue line.” Seattle Times 13 Nov. 2011: H1, H7. 11/2011.
- Kiley, Brendan. “Newyorkland.” The Stranger 18 Nov. 2011. “Seamless and gorgeous.”. 11/2011.
- Kaderlan, Alice. “Police theater takes viewers inside the brutal life of an officer.” Crosscut 18 Nov. 2011. 11/2011.
- La Rocco, Claudia. “An Auld Lang Syne Kicks Off an Artistic Diaspora.” New York Times
30 June 2011: C1. 06/2011.
- Harper, James. “East side ghost story.” The Courier Mail 18 Feb. 2011. (Australia). 02/2011.
- O’Neill, Matt. “Beautiful Haze.” TimeOff Magazine issue 1514 16 Feb. 2011: 38. Brisbane, Australia. 02/2011.
- Wren, Celia. “Up, up and away? Not so fast!” American Theater Magazine. Vol. 28 Issue 5 2011: 32-35. 01/2011.
- Zinoman, Jason. “To Bleed or Not to Bleed? Plays Explore the Scary.” New York Times 27 June 2010: AR5. 06/2010.
- Sorin, Etienne. “Ceux par qui le spectacle vient.” L'Express 15 April 2010. Paris, France. 04/2010.
- La Voix du Nord. “Bienvenue chez Nowhere: la grâce est fugace, on se perd à la chercher.” La Voix du Nord.13 Mar. 2010. Paris, France.“. 03/2010.
- Sellar, Tom. “The City’s Best (And Not So Best) Progressive Theater.” Village Voice 5 Jan. 2010. 01/2010.
- La Rocco, Claudia. “Recording Staged Works for All the World to See.” New York Times
24 Jan. 2010: AR3. 01/2010.
- Shaw, Helen. “J-Horror Chills Via Multimedia Theater.” TimeOut New York Magazine 2 Nov. 2009. 11/2009.
- Soloski, Alexis. “Voice Choice: Living Nightmare.” Village Voice 20 Oct. 2009. 10/2009.
- Zinoman, Jason. “Japanese-Style Horror, on Screen and Stage.” New York Times 27 Oct. 2009: C8. 10/2009.
- Waldburg, Marie. “Dita liebt einen Grafen.” Bunte 6 Aug. 2009. 08/2009.
- Friedl, Armin. “144 Stunden Trampen durch die USA.” Stuttgarter Nachrichten 30 July 2009. Salzburg.
Mayer, Norbert. “Verloren in der Ödnis von Arizona.” Die Presse 30 July 2009. Salzburg. 07/2009.
- Schmidt, Christopher. “Lost Highway; Mystisches aus Amerika beim Salzburger Young Directors Project.”
Süddeutsche Zeitung 30 July 2009. Salzburg. 07/2009.
- Anzeiger, General. “Hypnotisches Gemurmel; Salzburgs "Young Directors Project" startet mit dem New Yorker Beitrag "Welcome to Nowhere?” General-Anzeiger (Bonn) 30 July 2009. Salzburg. 07/2009.
- Rothschild, Thomas. “In Salzburg kommt das Kino ins Theater” Rheinische Post 30 July 2009. Salzburg. 07/2009.
- Michalzik, Peter. “Zwischen Kuss und Mittelstreifen; "Welcome to Nowhere": Ein Road Movie für die Bühne im Young Directors Project der Salzburger Festspiele.” Frankfurter Rundschau 30 July 2009. 07/2009.
- Ostertag, Bernhard. “Das Glühen am Horizont.” Vision Altstadt Magazin Nr.2 (2009): 34-35. Salzburg, Austria. 06/2009.
- Nicoud, Anabelle. “Le road-movie en boîte.” La Presse 19 Feb. 2009: 6. Montreal, Canada. 02/2009.
- St-Hilaire, Jean. “On n'échappe pas à son passé.” leSoleil 10 Sep. 2008: 44. Québec City, Canada. 09/2008.
- Salino, Brigitte. “Découvrir Temporary Distortion.” Le Monde 29 March 2008: 24. Paris, France. 03/2008.
- Deutsch, Abigail. “Welcome to Nowhere (bullet hole road).” Village Voice 16 Oct. 2007. 10/2007.
- Carlson, Jen. “Pencil this in.” Gothamist 12 Oct. 2007. 10/2007.
- Cermatori, Joseph. “No Matter Where You Go, There You Are.” Brooklyn Rail (October 2007): 69. 10/2007.