“Well, if it’s a symbol, to hell with it.” —Flannery O’Connor
“The circle is cast / So mote it be” —Wiccan spell

What could a sacrament mean outside of religion? In the Catholic faith, there are three types of sacraments, or rituals, meant to support the human project: initiation, healing, and service. These sacraments confirm faith, resolve, and commitment in different ways. What could such confirmation provide us in our art, in our communities, or at the outset of and after uprising? In what ways could we codify our resolve as we work to fix this messy, messy world?

Table of contents

Anna Arov
Simone Atangana Bekono
Ellis Bartholomeus
Kalib Batta
Iva Berkovic
Sera Bonds
Reed van Brunschot
Clementine E Burnley
Daniel Cecil
Tara Coghlan
Malik Ameer Crumpler
Natalie Dixon
DJ Loma Doom
Megan Fernandes
Maxime Garcia van As
Megan M. Garr
E. Tracy Grinnell
Maria Guggenbichler
Caoilinn Hughes
Megin Jiménez

VERSO / is a platform for emerging and seasoned practitioners, forming new spaces for the performance of literature and bringing otherwise static art, philosophy, or research to a live experience. It is a safe, open, and intimate environment for people to experiment with new work, perform for the first time, and create community with one another.