A Swamp Beneath the Concrete
1224 W Loyola Ave, Chicago IL
July 5, 2025 - July 8, 2025
Reception Saturday, July 5 at 8 PM
Writing Workshop Monday, July 7 at 8 PM
Mapping the flight patterns of chimney swifts and cracks in the sidewalk,
A Swamp Beneath the Concrete casts shadows over found objects to reveal lost threads.
Alex J. Cope is a poet and translator based in Chicago. Previously, they lived in and around Paris, where they organized a multilingual queer and feminist reading series. They currently co-organize a community writing workshop out of the PO Box Collective as part of its monthly Poetry Series. Work from their manuscript soft like a spider has appeared in publications such as Sixty Inches from Center, The Rumpus, Pilot Press London, and Hooligan Magazine.
VAY sarolta is a swimmer, artist and collaborator. Vay’s work navigates the imaginary borders of private and public histories.