One Part Water, Two Parts Starch: Performing oobleck as political resistance
Oobleck is two things: a non-Newtonian fluid, a mixture of cornstarch and water showing properties of both a liquid and a solid; and an invention by Dr. Seuss, an odd green weather occurrence who’s fluid, adhesive, and elastic attributes manage to threaten the entire state apparatus of the “Kingdom...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Performance Philosophy
2019-11-01
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| Series: | Performance Philosophy |
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| Online Access: | https://www.performancephilosophy.org/journal/article/view/265 |
| Summary: | Oobleck is two things: a non-Newtonian fluid, a mixture of cornstarch and water showing properties of both a liquid and a solid; and an invention by Dr. Seuss, an odd green weather occurrence who’s fluid, adhesive, and elastic attributes manage to threaten the entire state apparatus of the “Kingdom of Didd.” Re-viewing the children’s book Bartholomew and the Oobleck, and in light of its starch-and-water namesake, I argue that we can learn an insurrective strategy of political resistance from its performativity. |
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| ISSN: | 2057-7176 |