Decolonizing Relaxed Performance: A Visual Translation of Vital Ecosystems

Date
2022-12-30
Authors
Collins, Kimberlee
Jones, Chelsea Temple
Rice, Carla
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Aalto University
Abstract

This essay draws on the visual translations produced by artist Sonny Bean in response to the 2022 report, Relaxed Performance: Exploring University-based Training Across Fashion, Theatre and Choir. Relaxed performance (RP) is a wide-reaching movement toward accessibility in arts that challenges normative comportment in performance contexts and has evolved into a contemporary cross-sector vital practice rooted in disability justice. Through a selection of illustrations, Bean transforms human-centric data about RPs into a vital ecosystem that extends to the more-than-human world, denoting the complex interconnectedness of RP production in a settler colonial state.

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relaxed performance, decolonization, vital practices
Citation
Collins, K., Temple Jones, C., & Rice, C. (2022). Decolonizing Relaxed Performance: A visual translation of vital ecosystems. Research in Arts and Education, 2022(3), 58–64. https://doi.org/10.54916/rae.125086
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