Aperture / Afterimage
Immersive audiovisual experience
Dates: August 14 – 15, 21 – 22, 2026
Venue: 612 Fillmore Ave. Buffalo
A new original audiovisual installation experience curated by Buffalo-based artist collective Groupwork and part of the in.sight series, an ongoing investigation into technology-mediated expression and embodied systems of code, light, sound, and space.
Additional site-specific performance activations throughout the campus will be developed and presented by Torn Space Theater. | Independent Artist Performance | Site-Specific Experience
A Rebel Revisited:
Movement Variations Inspired by Martha Graham
Date: Curtain Up! September 18, 2026 | 7:30pm
Venue: 612 Fillmore Ave. Buffalo
An original 1930 film of Lamentation performed by the masterful Martha Graham, will be followed by three commissioned dance pieces in response to and inspired by the Graham piece. In addition to live music performances, a video showing of an original dance work by a former Martha Graham Dance Company (MGDC) member, and a live performance by a current MGDC dancer will provide an exciting evening of deeply theatrical Modern Dance. | Independent Artist Performance
You are the ceremony.
This is the ritual.
Torn Space Theater’s Duodecennial at Silo City
Dates: November 2026 – March 2027
Burchfield Penney Art Center: 1300 Elmwood Ave, Buffalo, NY 14222
Spanning twelve original site-specific productions created at Silo City between 2013 and 2024, this retrospective exhibition at the Burchfield Penney Art Center examines Torn Space Theater’s exploration of performance, place, and public ritual. Through a constellation of photographs, artifacts, video, sound, and ephemera, the exhibition reactivates a body of work designed for a campus of grain elevators, processing facilities and nature.
In this sprawling exhibition, Torn Space Theater activates the Burchfield-Penney East Gallery and Project Space with imagery, sound, video, material and performance motifs collected from twelve original site-specific productions produced at Silo City between 2013-2024. | Site-Specific Experience
Torn Space 2026 Season:
Mainstage Comedy, Digital Arts Immersion and Original Performance Experiences
Explore the 2026 Season Line-Up
Torn Space Theater returns in 2026 with a surprising slate of contemporary performance, featuring new original works, continuing collaborations, community outreach and education initiatives, and even a crowd-pleasing comedy mainstage. Through its four signature tiers of programming: the Mainstage Production, Independent Artist Performances, Agents of Change, and Site-Specific Experiences, Torn Space provides Buffalo audiences and artists with a platform for avant-garde and interdisciplinary experiences, cultivating unique gathering spaces for creatives across mediums, and offering original groundbreaking performances in its signature design-forward style.