{"id":216,"date":"2024-06-17T15:30:41","date_gmt":"2024-06-17T15:30:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chloecooper.co.uk\/?page_id=216"},"modified":"2024-06-21T12:20:36","modified_gmt":"2024-06-21T12:20:36","slug":"when-things-happen","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/chloecooper.co.uk\/index.php\/when-things-happen\/","title":{"rendered":"When Things Happen"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-embed-handler wp-block-embed-embed-handler wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"WHEN THINGS HAPPEN PART 1\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Aa-ATDaLgoQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-embed-handler wp-block-embed-embed-handler wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"WHEN THINGS HAPPEN PART 2\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WqZ58OOPt_Y?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Sophie Risner from Doing What Comes Naturally wrote this below in response:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>We were really excited when Chloe said that she\u2019d be happy to perform as part of our event. In our heads we\u2019d had in mind the idea of a closing performance which hinged on the \u2018Spare Rib\u2019 collection &#8211; unpacking it, reflecting on it, delving into it as we had done for the 6 months of research we undertook prior to the event taking place.<\/em>..<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8230;<em>Working for the Tate Library and Archive department I\u2019m always interested in how artists interact with Library or Archive collections &#8211; how they re-imagine them and re-work them to make it not only relevant to today\u2019s discourse, but &#8211; in the case of Chloe\u2019s performance &#8211; highlighting the positive intersectional aspects of \u2018Spare Rib\u2019 rubbing the tone of the magazine against the frustrations we still felt today.<\/em>..<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8230;<em>Chloe re-presented the past as a fictional realm of possibility and hope &#8211; doing so in a matter of fact manner which crafted a space that seemed more realistic and plausible the further the performance went.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>After the performance finished it seemed odd to think back to what actually happened in the past, to think through how it could all have been so different and how \u2018When Things Happen\u2019 they transform the narrative of the future. Of course hindsight is a wonderful tool, but Chloe has masterminded it in a unique and emotional way which allows the audience a possibility to engage with decisions that aren\u2019t too far-fetched, this is because these decisions are being made by Feminists up and down the country and all over the World and by highlighting those choices we maybe come to realise that change is represented by the people most affected.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Megan and I would like to thank Chloe for her time, effort, amazing research and thought provoking performance.<br><\/em>&#8211; Sophie Risner<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Performed at <em>Doing What Comes Naturally Presents: Spare Rib at The Feminist Library<\/em> and Louche Women Presents a Season in Sci Fi: Time Travel, The Poetry Society, London<\/strong><br>Thanks to Leslie Deere for the video, Sophie Risner and Megan Pickering from <a href=\"http:\/\/i-doingwhatcomesnaturally.tumblr.com\/\">Doing What Comes Naturally<\/a> and everyone at the Feminist Library.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Louche Women Post When Things Happen Interview\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XZxyGuggm2E?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sophie Risner from Doing What Comes Naturally wrote this below in response: We were really excited when Chloe said that she\u2019d be happy to perform as part of our event. In our heads we\u2019d had in mind the idea of a closing performance which hinged on the \u2018Spare Rib\u2019 collection &#8211; unpacking it, reflecting on&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/chloecooper.co.uk\/index.php\/when-things-happen\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">When Things Happen<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-216","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chloecooper.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/216","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chloecooper.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chloecooper.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chloecooper.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chloecooper.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=216"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/chloecooper.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/216\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":700,"href":"https:\/\/chloecooper.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/216\/revisions\/700"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chloecooper.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=216"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}