{"id":8854,"date":"2020-03-16T09:00:06","date_gmt":"2020-03-16T09:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/c3riimpact\/?p=8854"},"modified":"2023-04-20T16:23:44","modified_gmt":"2023-04-20T15:23:44","slug":"chloe-browns-soft-rebellions-from-alfred-street-to-temple-street-detroit-and-dancing-in-the-street","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/c3riimpact\/chloe-browns-soft-rebellions-from-alfred-street-to-temple-street-detroit-and-dancing-in-the-street\/","title":{"rendered":"Chlo\u00eb Brown\u2019s \u2018Soft Rebellions\u2019: \u2018From Alfred Street to Temple Street, Detroit\u2019 and \u2018Dancing in the Street\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n

Welcome to the second in a series of researcher blogs detailing Chlo\u00eb Brown\u2019s Soft Rebellions. See the first here<\/a>.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n

About the author<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Chlo\u00eb Brown<\/a> is an artist and Senior Lecturer in Fine Art at Sheffield Hallam University, UK. She has an MA in Sculpture from Chelsea College of Art, London (1994), and a BA in Fine Art from the University of Reading (1987). She has exhibited internationally over the last 30 years including three international biennials (Istanbul Biennial, Mardin Biennial and the British Ceramics Biennial) with work recently included in the collection of the Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA).<\/em><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Using a range of media including film, sculpture, book works and drawing, Brown\u2019s research examining the relationship to sociopolitical questions that focus on the post-industrial city from an auto-ethnographic feminist perspective. She has become interested in how acts such as dancing, eating and applauding can be seen as a playful subversion, a form of liberation. This was explored in her exhibition \u2018Dancing in the Boardroom\u2019 at the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit (MOCAD) from January 15th to April 24th 2016 and has gone on to inform her ongoing research and practice.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\n

From Alfred Street to Temple Street, Detroit<\/strong> <\/em><\/p>\n

\"\"

Detail: From Alfred Street to Temple Street, Detroit, Chlo\u00eb Brown (2015) Ink Drawing, 81.4cm x 24.1cm. In the collection of The Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA), Detroit.<\/p><\/div>\n

Initially unable to visit the city, I began \u2018walking\u2019 down the streets of Detroit via Google Maps Street View from my studio in Sheffield as a visual way of trying to understand the city from afar. This resulted in an ink drawing entitled \u2018From Alfred Street to Temple Street, Detroit, which charts a route through Brush Park, starting at the scrub land where the Brewster-Douglass Housing Projects used to stand before being demolished in 2013; a place that was the childhood home to many Motown stars including Diana Ross, and Mary Wilson and Florence Ballard of the Supremes. The resulting drawing is almost 9 metres or 30 feet in length and takes the form of a scroll that re-imagines the route as a topographical observation, making connections between the once grand houses at one end of the route, the empty plots and often derelict warehouses and factories in between and ending at the world\u2019s largest Masonic Temple, which for me symbolizes a secretive and exclusively male authority.<\/p>\n

\"\"

Installation view: From Alfred Street to Temple Street, Detroit, Chlo\u00eb Brown
(2015)
Exhibition: Dancing in the Boardroom, Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit (MOCAD), Jan-Apr 2016<\/p><\/div>\n

\n

Dancing in the Street<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

In August 2015, I visited Detroit for the first time to make a short film collaborating with people from the city, filming them dancing along the route of my drawing From Alfred Street to Temple Street, Detroit, whilst listening to the song ‘Dancing in the Street’ on headphones. The title of the film refers to this song by Martha Reeves and the Vandellas, released by Motown Records, the famous record company founded in Detroit by Berry Gordy. Suzanne E. Smith, in her book also entitled ‘Dancing in the Street’, relates that this song is connected to the 1967 riots (or rebellion) in Detroit leading to it becoming, for some, the soundtrack to the unrest, with the lyrics even being misinterpreted as a call to riot. The act of dancing in the street in my film questions this idea, acting as a playful subversion \u2013 a \u2018Soft Rebellion\u2019 – where the dancing appears to be a form of liberation from conventional ways of being, a subtle nod towards the misreading of this most joyful song.
\nThe film can be accessed here: https:\/\/vimeo.com\/154508784<\/a> (HD Video, 02:40)<\/p>\n

\"\"

Film still: Dancing in the Street, Chlo\u00eb Brown (2016)<\/p><\/div>\n

\n

 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Welcome to the second in a series of researcher blogs detailing Chlo\u00eb Brown\u2019s Soft Rebellions. See the first here.\u00a0 About the author Chlo\u00eb Brown is an artist and Senior Lecturer in Fine Art at Sheffield Hallam University, UK. She has an MA in Sculpture from Chelsea College of Art, London (1994), and a BA in Fine Art from the University […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12068,"featured_media":8867,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[228],"tags":[5,1493,161,1497,162],"class_list":["post-8854","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-researcher-blog","tag-art-and-design-research-centre","tag-adrc-design-journal","tag-chloe-brown","tag-dancing-in-the-street","tag-soft-rebellion"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/c3riimpact\/files\/2020\/03\/dancing-street-cb-1.png?fit=890%2C294&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8oFHo-2iO","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":8833,"url":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/c3riimpact\/the-soft-rebellions-an-introduction-to-chloe-browns-soft-rebellions-and-dancing-in-the-boardroom\/","url_meta":{"origin":8854,"position":0},"title":"\u2018The Soft Rebellions\u2019: An introduction to Chlo\u00eb Brown\u2019s Soft Rebellions and \u2018Dancing in the Boardroom\u2019","author":"Laura Hetherington","date":"05\/03\/2020","format":false,"excerpt":"About the author Chlo\u00eb Brown is an artist and Senior Lecturer in Fine Art at Sheffield Hallam University, UK. She has an MA in Sculpture from Chelsea College of Art, London (1994), and a BA in Fine Art from the University of Reading (1987). She has exhibited internationally over the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Researcher blog"","block_context":{"text":"Researcher blog","link":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/c3riimpact\/category\/researcher-blog\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/c3riimpact\/files\/2020\/03\/soft-rebellions-chloe-brown.jpg?fit=890%2C290&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/c3riimpact\/files\/2020\/03\/soft-rebellions-chloe-brown.jpg?fit=890%2C290&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/c3riimpact\/files\/2020\/03\/soft-rebellions-chloe-brown.jpg?fit=890%2C290&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/c3riimpact\/files\/2020\/03\/soft-rebellions-chloe-brown.jpg?fit=890%2C290&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":8869,"url":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/c3riimpact\/chloe-browns-soft-rebellions-the-detroit-dinner-service-and-a-toast-to-detroit\/","url_meta":{"origin":8854,"position":1},"title":"Chlo\u00eb Brown\u2019s \u2018Soft Rebellions\u2019: \u2018The Detroit Dinner Service\u2019 and \u2018A Toast to Detroit\u2019","author":"Laura Hetherington","date":"30\/03\/2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Welcome to the third in a series of researcher blogs detailing Chlo\u00eb Brown\u2019s Soft Rebellions. See the first here and the second here. About the author Chlo\u00eb Brown is an artist and Senior Lecturer in Fine Art at Sheffield Hallam University, UK. She has an MA in Sculpture from Chelsea\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Researcher blog"","block_context":{"text":"Researcher blog","link":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/c3riimpact\/category\/researcher-blog\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/c3riimpact\/files\/2020\/03\/detroit-dinner-service.png?fit=890%2C293&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/c3riimpact\/files\/2020\/03\/detroit-dinner-service.png?fit=890%2C293&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/c3riimpact\/files\/2020\/03\/detroit-dinner-service.png?fit=890%2C293&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/c3riimpact\/files\/2020\/03\/detroit-dinner-service.png?fit=890%2C293&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":7341,"url":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/c3riimpact\/chloe-brown-soft-rebellion-corridor8\/","url_meta":{"origin":8854,"position":2},"title":"Chlo\u00eb Brown’s\u00a0‘A Soft Rebellion in Paradise’ reviewed in Corridor8","author":"Ian Braddick","date":"26\/06\/2019","format":false,"excerpt":"A Soft Rebellion in Paradise\u00a0is a new short film by artist and Senior Lecturer in Fine Art\u00a0Chlo\u00eb Brown. The film was shot on location in Sheffield's Paradise Square and being internationally premiered in the form of an outdoor screening in partnership with\u00a0Sheffield Doc\/Fest\u00a0on Saturday 08\u00a0June 2019, in the Square itself.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "News"","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/c3riimpact\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"A Soft Rebellion in Paradise","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/c3riimpact\/files\/2019\/05\/Soft-Rebellion-in-Paradise.jpg?fit=890%2C290&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/c3riimpact\/files\/2019\/05\/Soft-Rebellion-in-Paradise.jpg?fit=890%2C290&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/c3riimpact\/files\/2019\/05\/Soft-Rebellion-in-Paradise.jpg?fit=890%2C290&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/c3riimpact\/files\/2019\/05\/Soft-Rebellion-in-Paradise.jpg?fit=890%2C290&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":5283,"url":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/c3riimpact\/chloe-brown-soft-rebellion-in-paradise-radio\/","url_meta":{"origin":8854,"position":3},"title":"Chlo\u00eb Brown interviewed about her ‘Soft Rebellion in Paradise’ for BBC Radio Sheffield and Chapel FM","author":"Ian Braddick","date":"23\/08\/2018","format":false,"excerpt":"A Soft Rebellion in Paradise\u00a0reflects on the history of the city as a place of political activism and will look in particular to highlight the voices of women that are so often lost in the retelling of histories around the world. In recent years artist (and SHU Senior Lecturer in\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "News"","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/c3riimpact\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Paradise Square, Sheffield","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/c3riimpact\/files\/2018\/08\/BROWN-2018-09-Paradise-Square-Soft-Rebellions.jpg?fit=890%2C290&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/c3riimpact\/files\/2018\/08\/BROWN-2018-09-Paradise-Square-Soft-Rebellions.jpg?fit=890%2C290&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/c3riimpact\/files\/2018\/08\/BROWN-2018-09-Paradise-Square-Soft-Rebellions.jpg?fit=890%2C290&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/c3riimpact\/files\/2018\/08\/BROWN-2018-09-Paradise-Square-Soft-Rebellions.jpg?fit=890%2C290&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":7083,"url":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/c3riimpact\/premiere-soft-rebellion-paradise-chloe-brown\/","url_meta":{"origin":8854,"position":4},"title":"Saturday 8 June 2019 – A Soft Rebellion in Paradise – The International Premiere of a film by Chlo\u00eb Brown","author":"Kirsty Christer","date":"17\/05\/2019","format":false,"excerpt":"For one day this spring, Sheffield\u2019s historic Paradise Square is set to transform into an art gallery for a major outdoor screening event as part of Sheffield Doc\/Fest. A Soft Rebellion in Paradise, a new short film by artist and Senior Lecturer in Fine Art\u00a0Chlo\u00eb Brown shot on location in\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Events"","block_context":{"text":"Events","link":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/c3riimpact\/category\/events\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"A Soft Rebellion in Paradise","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/c3riimpact\/files\/2019\/05\/Soft-Rebellion-in-Paradise.jpg?fit=890%2C290&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/c3riimpact\/files\/2019\/05\/Soft-Rebellion-in-Paradise.jpg?fit=890%2C290&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/c3riimpact\/files\/2019\/05\/Soft-Rebellion-in-Paradise.jpg?fit=890%2C290&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/c3riimpact\/files\/2019\/05\/Soft-Rebellion-in-Paradise.jpg?fit=890%2C290&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":694,"url":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/c3riimpact\/research-seminar-chloe-brown\/","url_meta":{"origin":8854,"position":5},"title":"Tuesday 15 November 2016 – Lunchtime seminar with Chlo\u00eb Brown (Fine Art, SHU)","author":"Alison Honnor","date":"15\/11\/2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Speaker: Chlo\u00eb Brown (Fine Art) Title: The Soft Rebellion Since August 2015 researcher and senior lecturer Chlo\u00eb Brown has been visiting and working in the US city of Detroit to conduct her on-going practice-based research into what she terms \u2018soft rebellions\u2019. Detroit is renowned for being in many ways the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Events"","block_context":{"text":"Events","link":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/c3riimpact\/category\/events\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Film still: Dancing in the Street, Chlo\u00eb Brown, 2016","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/c3riimpact\/files\/2016\/11\/2016-11-15-BROWN-Chloe-The-Soft-Rebellion.png?fit=554%2C311&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/c3riimpact\/files\/2016\/11\/2016-11-15-BROWN-Chloe-The-Soft-Rebellion.png?fit=554%2C311&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/c3riimpact\/files\/2016\/11\/2016-11-15-BROWN-Chloe-The-Soft-Rebellion.png?fit=554%2C311&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/c3riimpact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8854","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/c3riimpact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/c3riimpact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/c3riimpact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8854"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/c3riimpact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8854\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8920,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/c3riimpact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8854\/revisions\/8920"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/c3riimpact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8867"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/c3riimpact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8854"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/c3riimpact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8854"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/c3riimpact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8854"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}