The Chthonic Circus
where rotpunk meets respiration
The Chthonic Circus decomposes conditions of impossibility and cultivates conditions of possibility for play rooted in respiration.
Rotpunk is the refusal of refuse.
Respiration means everyone breathes and breathes again.
everyone breathes - and breathes again
At The Chthonic Circus, respiration means more than taking a breath.
It means stealing it back from systems that treat breath like it’s a wage.
Respiration is rated E for Everyone.
The threshold of what it means to respire is different for everyone, yet, it is entwined with the respiration of everyone else. There is no prioritization of the individual, but an understanding of individuality within collective cultural work.
It also means breathing intentionally. There is breath and then there is breathing again.
Where Rotpunk meets respiration
Rooting into respiration renders structures sustained by necropower nonfunctional, decomposing conditions of possibility for necropolitical play.
Rotpunk embraces the decomposition of these structures, cultivating conditions of possibility for their decomposition.
cultivates conditions of possibility for the decomposition of these structures,
The grotesque becomes a property of the system. The problem is that the system has transinstitutionalized itself onto
playing with sense, order, competence, and connection.
enshittified technologies of relationality.
generative friction
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