The Other Within Me: The Practice of Deconstruction
An event with Peter Zeillinger
Peter Zeillinger, a philosopher and theologian based at the University of Vienna, Austria, joined Thinking Through Practice to lead a workshop on deconstruction. During the course of this event, Zeillinger ‘thought through’ the practice of Derridian deconstruction as affirmative gesture. Breaks, interruptions, traces, doubts, performativity – all of these, inherent in such a practice, were brought to bear on question of ‘practical’ life.
The event took the form of a presentation on (amongst other things) generosity, the political and the question of faith.
Peter Zeillinger gave a magnificent marathon delivery on Derrida, deconstruction, Levinas and more in the Red Room at Chelsea School of Art.
After Peter’s presentation and discussion, everyone was invited to stay for dinner. Neil Cummings pre-prepared and delivered the feast and catering was orchestrated by various Critical Practice members. The Red Room, where this event was held, used to be the officers dining room in the days when the Chelsea site at Millbank was a military hospital. Thus, the transition from thinking to eating was not too difficult to make. This was our way of paying tribute to Derrida’s idea of hospitality!
Peter Zeillinger is a philosopher and theologian working in the Catholic-Theological faculty, University of Vienna. See: http://www.univie.ac.at/fundamentaltheologie/peter_zeillinger.html
Thanks to Neil Cummings for introducing Peter Zeillinger to us. Thanks also to Trevor Giles, Darryl Stadlen, Wei-Ho Ng (Critical Practice) and to Beatrice Schultz, Matthew Robinson, Carlos Monleon and Damian Taylor (TTP) for their help with this event.
Read the accompanying discussion at Critical Practice
Chelsea, Millbank SW17 8TP