Provocation

issue 2 fall 2026 Everyone Is Invited (Some Assembly Required), Or The Myth of Total Freedom in the Architecture of Belonging How the art of audience hospitality can combat the FOMO created by completionists. Cats: The Jellicle Ball, Broadhurst Theatre, New York City, NY. May 15th, 2026. Photo by author. Editor's Introduction Timothy Braun is a wonderfully gifted essayist who hones his writer’s eye on the completionists: those repeat visitors who can’t stand to miss any compo

A media scholar examines the value of “Cultural XR” as it struggles to be experienced by audiences beyond festivals. expensive, exclusive festivals.