{"id":218,"date":"2024-06-17T15:30:41","date_gmt":"2024-06-17T15:30:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chloecooper.co.uk\/?page_id=218"},"modified":"2024-06-17T17:30:15","modified_gmt":"2024-06-17T17:30:15","slug":"ynggygss","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/chloecooper.co.uk\/index.php\/ynggygss\/","title":{"rendered":"YNGGYGSS + WE-ing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\"><strong>YNGGYGSS (<em>You&#8217;re Not Gonna Give Yourself Gonorrhoea or a Solo Show<\/em>)<\/strong><\/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=\"You&#039;re not gonna give yourself gonorrhoea or a solo show\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nQE3h-ntvh8?start=812&#038;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>A performance in response to this invitation:<br><em>All around us, we see amazing people, working their arse off on a small-scale, making big changes. We wonder how we keep going, how do we all manage to keep laughing, struggling, hustling and juggling? We want to organise a conference that gives space to our doubts, questions and tiredness.<br>A conference, that values and gives resources to those people who are not \u201ccosetted by some non-existant-caring-lucrative-other.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s about making art. It&#8217;s about masturbation.<br>Thanks to Rosalie Schweiker for the discrete videoing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Performed at <em>SECRET REASONS: A conference about self care in an unequal art world<\/em>, organised by Sophie Chapman, Kerri Jefferis and Rosalie Schweiker<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\"><strong><em>WE-ing<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-vimeo wp-block-embed-vimeo\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"WE-ING Part 1\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/114192832?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"720\" height=\"576\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-vimeo wp-block-embed-vimeo\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"WE-ING Part 2\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/114215902?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"720\" height=\"576\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>We-ing<\/em> is set within the aftermath of the Black Panties Promo Party at Monroe Civic Centre, Louisiana on 28 October 2013 when R Jelly &#8211; the tribute act of the &#8220;King of RnB&#8221;, American singer-songwriter R Kelly &#8211; reportedly appeared in R Kelly&#8217;s place. A series of objects and drawings positioned throughout the building are used as props within the narrative video that positions the EX-FACTORY audience as its protagonist. Being asked to take a position within the narrative, you\/us\/we are invited to project ourselves around the building we&#8217;ve walked around and the things we&#8217;ve seen. As the video continues, the narrative seeps out beyond an analysis of what happened at the Black Panties Promo Party &#8211; centred on selfhood and authenticity &#8211; into a more general exploration of dominant culture&#8217;s reliance on those who gain success by exploiting the power afforded to them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Locality and how it is understood in a networked global culture is intrinsic to the production and contextualisation of <em>We-ing<\/em>. <em>We-ing<\/em> began during a residency in Lithuania last year when the story of the Black Panties Promo Party broke online and Chloe spotted a tree and a lamp post in a forest that looked surprisingly similar. It&#8217;s continued here in Stoke-on-Trent after arriving for the first time, getting off the train at the station, walking into Pumpkin on Platform 1 and hearing R Kelly&#8217;s Vibe (&#8220;Yeah cuddle me in your arms, Like I&#8217;m your teddy bear&#8221;) spilling out over the croissants and the bircher muesli, the flapjacks, tiffins, shortbreads, muffins and cookies\u2026 and how far we (if we live in Stoke-on-Trent, London or Louisiana) are implicated in that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thanks to Eleanor Sikorski for the superb camerawork.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Performed at <em>EX-FACTORY<\/em> as part of the KULES residency, Stoke on Trent<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>YNGGYGSS (You&#8217;re Not Gonna Give Yourself Gonorrhoea or a Solo Show) A performance in response to this invitation:All around us, we see amazing people, working their arse off on a small-scale, making big changes. We wonder how we keep going, how do we all manage to keep laughing, struggling, hustling and juggling? We want to&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/chloecooper.co.uk\/index.php\/ynggygss\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">YNGGYGSS + WE-ing<\/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-218","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chloecooper.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/218","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=218"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/chloecooper.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/218\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":324,"href":"https:\/\/chloecooper.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/218\/revisions\/324"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chloecooper.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=218"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}