Making Space For Action & Thought
Shelley Owen and Josh Slater
This collaborative performance paper is an examination into knowledge sharing between self-organising independent dance artists at a time of precarity. Drawing upon an ongoing collaborative project between Owen and Slater, LATITUDE 0. Series, it reflects on the project as a method to unpick and explore the wider notions of action through collective endeavour.
Exploring how the sharing of knowledge and expertise can unsettle established hierarchies. These practices draw from wider strategies of decentring, and reflections seek to interrogate how artist-led forums and collective action can support alterity and develop the tools and resilience artists need.
Shelley Owen and Josh Slater
This collaborative performance paper is an examination into knowledge sharing between self-organising independent dance artists at a time of precarity. Drawing upon an ongoing collaborative project between Owen and Slater, LATITUDE 0. Series, it reflects on the project as a method to unpick and explore the wider notions of action through collective endeavour.
Exploring how the sharing of knowledge and expertise can unsettle established hierarchies. These practices draw from wider strategies of decentring, and reflections seek to interrogate how artist-led forums and collective action can support alterity and develop the tools and resilience artists need.
With special thanks to:
Dani Abulhawa, Edenamiuki Aiguobasinmwin, Lydia Baldchin, David Birchall, Katye Coe, Charlotte Eaton, Connor Elliman, Emily Freemon Jessop, Adam Holloway, Paige Jones, Victor Ladron de Guevara, Rob Mannear, Emily O’Shea, balletLORENT & Debbi Purtill, Ali Scaife, Bethannie Thomson, Amy Voris, Suzi West. And all those who witnessed, offered feedback and supported the LATITUDE 0. Series platforms
Published: February 2021