History
In 2021 a small group of people with no community are witnessing brutal online cancellations resulting in severe mental health issues, overdose and suicide. They launch a political campaign challenging cancel culture, highlighting the dehumanizing effects of online bullying a conversation that was unprecedented in the underground. Their message draws the attention of 1000s of people who are experiencing cancellation that need a positive environment to grow and get support. We are invited to join the cultural labor union Brujas World Syndicate and invited to program a radio residency at X Pizza.
After one year we collaborate with Semiotext(e) and the John Giorno Foundation, two institutions that spearheaded censorship in the 90s, to produce the book launch of Jack Skelley’s Fear of Kathy Acker. We form close partnerships with former National Endowment of the Arts literary director Ira Silverberg. We curate an exhibition at Public Works Administration in Times Square addressing media hysteria and the culture of doxxing.
By 2024 we launch a low cost education program for working class artists. Cancel cultre implodes as censorship amongst the left becomes more serious and the dehumanizing effects of social ostracization became a popular form of discussion leading to a backlash on mainstream media and cultural institutions. Cancellation becomes a meme and those with no money are still affected.