Collaboration, Violence and Difference

Simon Ellis; C. Poole

doi:10.1057/9781137403193_15

Collaboration, Violence and Difference

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We are Colin Poole (UK) and Simon Ellis (NZ) – two dance artists who collaborate as Colin, Simon & I. In this chapter we reflect on the nature of collaboration using Slavoj ŽiŽek's thinking about distortion and violence featured in The Parallax View and Violence: Six Sideways Reflections. The writing reflects our artistic experience – particularly with respect to the development and presentation of our latest performance project Because We Care – in building, maintaining, and challenging collaborative relationships. Whereas collaboration is conventionally thought to demand patience and harmony, we propose that it prospers under conditions that welcome antagonism, difference, friction, and even violence.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Žižek and Performance
Editors	Broderick Chow, Alex Mangold
Place of Publication	Basingstoke
Publisher	Palgrave Macmillan Ltd.
Pages	209-223
Number of pages	15
ISBN (Electronic)	978-1-137-40319-3
ISBN (Print)	978-1-349-48913-8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137403193_15
Publication status	Published - Oct 2014

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