First published 2010
Patrick Neate strips away political correctness in this collaborative work that merges literature with choreographic rebellion. The Whitbread prize winner joins forces with dance innovators Liam Steel and Robert Tannion to demolish comfortable assumptions about art and society. Their creation weaponizes both movement and language, tearing down the protected spaces where audiences feel safe from uncomfortable truths. As the performance unfolds, spectators must navigate the debris of familiar references, from celebrity culture to corporate branding. The collaboration forces readers to examine what remains when their carefully constructed worldviews crumble, leaving only fragments of recognition scattered among the ruins of their former certainties.
Genres: art, literary-fiction, contemporary, 21st-century
Vibes: dark, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: rebellion, worldview-crumbling
56 pages · Paperback · Oberon Books