polvo magazine fall 2004

The function of ritual, as I understand it, is to give form to human life, not in the way of mere surface arrangement, but in depth." – Joseph Campbell



Cover art by: Sarah Kanouse
Sarah Kanouse is a recent transplant to Chicago from the cornfields in and around Champaign-Urbana. She prefers the sunrise over Lake Michigan to the sunrise over Monsanto and is busily trying to make the big city feel like home. She received her MFA from the University of Illinois in 2004 and her BA from Yale in 1997. If anyone knows of a good job, please let her know. email: sarahk@readysubjects.org http://www.readysubjects.org


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Polvo Magazine, a bi-annual magazine, is edited and contributed by a volunteer, international team of artists, critics, and writers. Polvo Magazine is distributed to Chicago's artistic and cultural community as well as in various cities across the USA(Miami, Seattle, Detroit, Atlanta, San Antonio, Houston, New York), South Africa (Johannesburg, Cape Town), Australia(Melbourne) and Mexico. Polvo Magazine is published through Polvo, a Chicago-based alternative art space http://www.polvo.org.

editors: ayanna jolivet mccloud, miguel cortez, jesus macarena-avila
design: miguel cortez

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