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By drawing from several philosophical and political traditions that have analyzed the ethics and politics of the encounter, and by invoking artistic propositions that bring into the world improbable events (particularly in performance art and experimental choreography), Andr\u00e9 Lepecki considers how <em>the event of encounter<\/em> precipitates groundings for living away from the necropolitical logic of our current imperial, colonial, and murderous neoliberal monohumanism.<\/p>\n<p>Andr\u00e9 Lepecki is Professor and Chairperson in Performance Studies at New York University. He is editor of several anthologies on dance and performance theory, including <em>Of the Presence of the Body<\/em> (2004) and <em>Dance<\/em> (2012). An independent performance curator, he has created projects for Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin; Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw; the Hayward Gallery, London; Haus der Kunst, Munich; and the 2016 Biennale of Sydney. 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Wolin. <em>Living Together<\/em> is made possible by the generous support of Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs and the Cultural Affairs Council, the Miami-Dade County Mayor and Board of County Commissioners; the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs and the Florida Council on Arts and Culture; and the City of Miami Beach, Cultural Affairs Program, Cultural Arts Council.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This lecture-performance addresses the notion of \u201cencounter\u201d as essential to a politics and an aesthetics of the commons. 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