all photos by Sarah Marie Coogan
I went to Situations many times. You had to walk through a door in the alley opening to the venue’s rear garage that hugs the elevated tracks of the CTA’s Blue …
“Remember when you don’t see hope, hope is seeing you”. This line caps the last verse of José Orozco’s “Hope is Seeing You”, a song telling the story of his time spent as a youth mistreated and imprisoned in a …
Photo of Yoana Sanchez by Marcos Sanzhez
A Collaboration Project between Yollocalli, Enlace, & The Kickback
Today our lives are recorded frequently and instantly, and sometimes we forget to pause to remember what that moment meant. We present a collection …
There is a particular calm – a natural stillness – in Illinois’s small cities. As a teenager in Bloomington-Normal, the repetitious predictability made me restless; like taking a long roadtrip against a backdrop that never changes. As an adult who …
Little Village Solidarity Network (LVSN) has been fighting to expose and dismantle a system of detention known as “shelters” for Unaccompanied Alien Children. This is a network of over 100 secretive detention facilities operated by nonprofit agencies. Hundreds of thousands …
Photo by Rena Naltsas. Ciera Mckissick, founder of AMFM.
When thinking about AMFM, DIY fans may envision the bright, popping social media pages that showcase Chicago’s newest underground artists. For others, it might be remembered as the storefront gallery …
Sourced photograph by Julia Dratel
30MHz: Thai 55, 1607 E 55th St, Chicago, IL. I’m squished into their sub-basement, into hiding. There’s a mattress, a sewing kit. Faux chicken feathers all stuck around with stinking yellow stains. The mark …
The neighborhood is whispers upon whispers upon whispers. In the most congregated corners I can still hear the mourning of the dead. The tragedy enveloped me since I arrived a few years …