Caden Manson is an artist, curator, and educator whose work radically questions the audience’s relationship to reality through performances that collide embodiment, media, and code. As co-founder of Big Art Group, their dense, fast, and multi-layered performances traverse theater, film, installation, and activism—employing disruption, slippage, and interference as artistic strategies.

Manson’s work has been presented in over 50 cities across 14 countries, including at La Biennale di Venezia Teatro, Vienna Festival, Festival d’Automne à Paris, Hebbel am Ufer, Festival de Otoño, and The Kitchen in NYC. Their landmark productions include Flicker, House of No More, The People, and Broke House. Through their pioneering techniques, such as Real Time Film, Manson reconfigures bodies and space through live video/performance installations to challenge dominant narratives of identity, presence, and power. They are a Foundation for Contemporary Arts Fellow, Pew Fellow, and MacDowell Fellow, and their writing (in collaboration with Jemma Nelson) has been featured in PAJ, Theater Magazine, Theater der Zeit, and Theater Journal.

Manson’s recent works continue to explore the intersections of digital embodiment, surveillance, and queer futurity. Broke House was presented at La Biennale di Venezia Teatro, while The Render premiered at TSV – Teatro Nazionale. Their installation SOS/Realness Liberation Front was exhibited at Honor Fraser Gallery in Los Angeles, and their short film SOS/Animals/Action has been screening in Germany and Austria.