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Abstract
In what ways can performance practice and its related discourse contribute to working towards social equality in neoliberal contexts? The article addresses this question through a close examination of the notion of solidarity in terms of considering what it might mean to ‘feel and act for and with others in mind’. In addressing the processual aspect of activist practice and exploring how solidarity can be enacted in and through performance, it brings together a range of voices from UK-based artists and activists that gathered as part of the ‘Performing Solidarity’ (2019–2020) series in which approaches to enacting solidarity were shared. Drawing on a posthumanist framework, the article discusses the notions of inter-connection and interdependency within a broader consideration of the ways in which alternative subject formations and relations among people can be explored, newly formed and rehearsed in and through performance practice. It thereby offers a renewed validation of the discipline of performance in view of its sociopolitical role.
Notes
1 Davis's talk was hosted by Brett St Louis. I paraphrase Davis's ideas based on selective notes I took during the event.
2 The series 'Performing Solidarity' was composed of four events, organized in collaboration with the Live Art Development Agency (LADA) in London, Middlesex University and the University of Winchester: 'Making Common Cause', 'Self-Organising, Self-Instituting', 'D issensus and Compromise' and 'Ethics and Responsibility'.
3 For details visit: https://bit.ly/3TuBiZ5
4 The text was slightly modified in email correspondence in 2020.
5 Annie Jael Kwan and Joon Lynn Goh contributed to different events of the ‘Performing Solidarity series’. Also see the contribution by Asia-Art- Activism in this issue.