Fair Play: Art, Performance and Neoliberalism (Performance Interventions)

One of the unique powers of art is to make the familiar seem other; ‘estrangement’ is vital for opening up space for imagination. Yet many of the social movements of our times are set up precisely to combat the ‘othering’ force of mainstream power, whether in relation to gender, race, sexuality, empire or disability. While the last thing a marginal

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Alongside technical tools, we need ways of defining and explaining social norms and expectations about contribution and value sharing. We need collective mechanisms for decision-making about shared assets, that make people feel heard while recognising the limitations, constraints and realities of their maintenance. We need people and organisations ... See more

While we concur with this emphasis on neoliberalism’s operation across social life—what Wendy Brown calls its “stealth revolution” across the entire demos—we depart from accounts that regard the self called forth by neoliberalism as purely rational and calculating.53 To this we want to add an understanding of its dynamics at an affective or emotion

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British cultural policy has been hindered by decades of protectionist infighting between opposing special interests (Hewison 1995). Instead we need a more balanced under- standing of the role and worth of the arts in our society – one which simultaneously embraces their aesthetic, cultural, economic and social values, and allows for the differ- ent

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