Devoid Magazine

Mar 25, 2024 | devoidmagazine.org | V Koelkebeck |Victoria Koelkebeck

The idea for this piece arrived in Chicago while Clara swayed with the crowd at a TOKiMONSTA performance. “I just felt like everyone was very present and having a great time,” she says. “That sentence just came to my head, because I was like, I bet so many of these people are wishing this night could last forever — because they're having the time of their lives,” she explains. Her piece welcomes reflection, to digest what it says and how it speaks to you.

Mar 25, 2024 | devoidmagazine.org | Victoria Koelkebeck |Trad Sevin

There’s a moment of displacement in flying trapeze where you’re forced to fall in faith. It follows your jump from the top, after you’ve expelled every ounce of power and thrown your trick, when you hear the catcher shout, “Hup!” and you just…let go. In this moment, the sky holds you. There’s no turning back and the landscape swirls around so much you can’t tell up from down. If your hands are sweaty, the chalk consumes.

Mar 24, 2024 | devoidmagazine.org | Victoria Koelkebeck

Amidst a mountain of pizzas, blank skateboard decks, zine kits, and a wealth of free stickers, a UNLV panel discussion commenced on Feb. 28 that aimed to answer questions exploring Apache youth and Youth of Color skate culture.

Nov 20, 2023 | devoidmagazine.org | Victoria Koelkebeck |Melissa Gill

“This music shaped the aggressive way that I went about rendering Lash’s adventures. When things felt like they might bog down, I’d crank [Judas] Priest’s ‘Screaming for Vengeance’ or Slayer’s ‘Spill the Blood’ or AC/DC’s ‘Shake Your Foundation’ and let the words hit the page like bullets,” explains Jarret.

Nov 20, 2023 | devoidmagazine.org | Victoria Koelkebeck

By Victoria KoelkebeckIt felt like he was a ghost I was chasing. Always one step behind him, attending the same literary events and tuning into the Nevada Humanities channels. I kept seeing this guy, Harry Fagel, all around town, doing cool shit — like participating in poetry exhibitions. I had to meet him. It wasn’t graceful by any means, but I did it.