issue 2 fall 2026 Intro: Our Editors Discuss the Access Illusion Review editors introduce the articles and the surprising connections between them. Image Credit: Danielle Giroux Michael: First I wanted to just talk about the call itself, which you put together. You call it The Access Illusion. And I'm actually going to read what is, to me, one of the most salient sections of the call, and we can discuss it a bit about what you were thinking when you wrote it. It says, "We mig

issue 2 fall 2026 Don't Make Me Write Anything That Could Go in a Grant Form A seasoned XR creator confronts the illusion of “good” data from audience surveys. Anagram 2026 Editor's Introduction May Abdalla wanted to write about how she handled audience data that, at first blush, looked negative. Instead of reducing stigma, her project on ADHD appeared to have increased it. In this beautifully meandering essay, May explores how she came to understand and even relish in the me

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

issue 2 fall 2026 From Access to Belonging: the Distribution of Power in Immersive How can interdependence help us form new models for producing and experiencing immersive for impact? Still from BEASTS: a surreal imagining of my grandmother’s kitchen, where a child version of myself turns into a million toads, built in Unreal Engine. Editor's Introduction Scarlett Kim is a polyglot producer, director, and organizer. Here she explores the illusion of access from audience and s