The Listening Theatre: A Metamodern Politics of Performance

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Drayton, T. 2018. The Listening Theatre: A Metamodern Politics of Performance. Performance Philosophy. 4 (1), pp. 170-187. https://doi.org/10.21476/PP.2018.41200
AuthorsDrayton, T.
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This article offers a speculative analysis of emerging modalities and methods of creating within contemporary political performance made by British millennial artists that I argue have arisen in response to specific socio-economic, political and philosophical crises affecting us. By locating the term ‘millennial’ as a structure of feeling, as per Raymond Williams, I argue that, despite the inherent hypocrisy of generational research, the impact of these crises upon members of the generation has led particular artists to create empathetic dialogues between audience and performer. This article also argues that the emerging concept of metamodernism, popularised by Timotheus Vermeulen and Robin van den Akker, is inherent in understanding this reading of the millennial, and descriptive of particular ethical and aesthetic developments within millennial, political theatre. This article argues that these developments are in a direct response to the metamodern shift towards the essence of progress and truth as acts and ideas that also necessitate and propel constant crisis, oscillation and dialogue.

Keywordsmillennial; metamodernism; political theatre
JournalPerformance Philosophy
Journal citation4 (1), pp. 170-187
ISSN2057-7176
Year2018
PublisherPerformance Philosophy
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