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  • precipice

    my version came to me in between dreams. an image: the president appearing in the exit hatch of air force one. a grey, windy day, a light mist settles on the jackets and cameras of the throng of press waiting below on the tarmac.

    December 1, 2025

    cncptmchn

    Uncategorized
    donald-trump, politics, trump
    precipice
  • strata

    even during an incompetent, authoritarian regime, new ideas, politics, movements and solidarities can emerge from local conditions, precisely because the global can never fully saturate the local, even as it shapes it. 

    October 10, 2025

    cncptmchn

    Uncategorized
    fascism, history, pandemic, politics, power, trump
    strata
  • rooster

    the most generous statement i’m going to make about “rooster: what a homeless man taught a cop”, an unsurprisingly terrible book by local police hero nate schwiethale, is that for all its faults, it’s still the story of a man who believes in his work and the power of that work to change his world.…

    February 27, 2024

    cncptmchn

    Uncategorized
    downtown wichita, homelessness, housing, nate schwiethale, rooster, wichita, wichita police department
    rooster
  • doors

    writing on the surface of a building is an imposition on and disruption of the ability of the building to fulfill its purpose. the graffiti immediately hijacks the order of the straight lines and square angles, interrupting it with a feral geometry: something wild happened here–these marks are the remainder, like the scorched earth after…

    January 14, 2024

    cncptmchn

    the undisclosed
    alley doors project, art, creative spaces, downtown wichita, gallery alley, graffiti, placemaking, street-art, the undisclosed
    doors
  • venue

    who are you, and how could you ever prove it? 

    January 5, 2024

    cncptmchn

    Uncategorized
    enclosure, online, opacity
    venue
  • CAZOR

    An unusual anniversary passed without much notice this week, not that many would have wanted to celebrate it in the first place. This week marked five years since a large piece of bright yellow graffiti spelling out the name CAZOR appeared on the side of an historic building in the middle of downtown Wichita. The…

    January 4, 2024

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    Uncategorized
    alley doors project, cazor, creative spaces, downtown wichita, gallery alley, graffiti, placemaking
    CAZOR

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