ISSUE 1: DESTRUCTION

2022

Front cover by Callie Wohlgemuth Inside cover by Rose Lu

we are ech(o)z. we are a group of creatives whose main mission is to uplift and collaborate with the voices of the unseen and unheard. we hope to echo our collective experience through multimedia creation. we hope you join us on our journey.

what do we destroy when we create?

what do we create when we destroy?

Painting by Olympia Apollo

Sipping lavender lane.

Mezcal burns like bridges All paths lead to you.

Dead end.

Amethyst swirls and ruby tears.

Phoenix eyes mirror each other, Black as the bow tied around Olympia's neck Not eyes of lust, nor of grace.

Feathers of charcoal Peaking through red ash Held by arms of another Dead end Giving way to new beginnings.

Our end is my liberation.

Poem by Karina Wu

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You were my downfall.

dead

Photo (left) by Rose Lu

Photo (right) by Aydin Hayat Edited by Callie Wohlgemuth

Photo by Rose Lu

Photo by Rose Lu

Photo by Calllie Wohlgemuth

Photo by Rose Lu Model: Jess Muscatelli

Photo by AzeliA Edited by Callie Wohlgemuth

Cracked (top) Asylum View (bottom) Lily Marie Fiore

Stairs to Nowhere Lily Marie Fiore

Path of Light Lily Marie Fiore

Photo by J. Phan Nguyen

Poem by KJ Quick

Panic Attack I’m sitting on wooden stairs dizzy with panic and wondering when this hell will end I move to the !oor to lay down and let the ground hold me And suddenly I remember when you told me about your old Basset hound that died You said his ears always dragged when he played in the snow And I don’t know why of all things, my brain thinks of this when I’m struggling to breathe On the !oor Sick with panic But it calms me down To think of you as a child, walking your dog through the snow And he is moving forward and his ears drag behind lovingly And now I’m sitting up on the stairs Life is so ugly And so abundant too

young love is a knife Did I ever tell you how you were like family to me? You were, you were just like family At night you’d lay by my side and I’d sigh (I always sighed back then, the pain was bad) and I’d sink into a dream of picking cherries from your lips, your lips looked like cherries i miss licking them, sinking into them and me, well i was a dripping mess of sweat that you’d hold in your hands and drink up until you’d put me down the drain because i was too much i was crushed. i was crushed. i was crushed it was enough though, to be yours how you wanted me - always how you wanted me i was the artist you were my muse maybe that’s why we worked so well, oh we were perfect because i painted you in my head every day preparing for when you’d leave and I’d remember you by the way i painted your lips red (like a rose, you loved roses. i do too) or carved your teeth crooked til they were sharp enough to cut me young love is a knife sometimes i still miss you but then i remember you don’t exist that way anymore you haven’t since you missed my call in 2019 (you weren’t good at talking to me anymore, it was bad) and i’d die inside every time you’d let me down and you’d let me down every day i can still feel that pain from when you’d let me down every day and i remember til i’m blue in the face deep down in the face that Poem by you ran away you ran away you ran away KJ Quick

Photo by Callie Wohlgemuth

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METABOLISM

Photos by Callie Wohlgemuth, Aydin Hayat Models: Mary Evans, Cece George, TJ Duft, Brian Preap, Nicolis Cantu

Where there is potential, there is failure. inspired by the future, specifically how systems in the world were destined for destruction. With every start there is an end; with every birth there is a death. The future of technology, government, people, and innovation is bright, though everything comes at a cost. This dystopianinspired photoshoot allows the viewer to question whether the future will be glamorous or destructive.

Or will both work hand in hand?

Photos and text by Ryan Satyr

Photo by Callie Wohlgemuth Model: Elvis Giordano

Photo by Aydin Hayat Model: Elvis Giordano

Photo by Callie Wohlgemuth

Photos by Aydin Hayat Edited by Callie Wohlgemuth Model: Elvis Giordano

THE

ARTISTS

Olympia Apollo (she/her) Instagram: @Olympiyuh Twitter (18+): @OlympiasCunt Austin, TX Olympia is the premie drag daughter from the sex art Haus of Apollo. Within contemplation of gender and normative constructs, Olympia used themes of destruction of the gender binary to juxtapose elements of darkness as queer erasure, and light pastel watercolors to illuminate the trans experience with her androgynous figure.

Rose Lu (she/her) Instagram: @oohhrose South Hadley, MA Rose is a senior at Mount Holyoke College majoring in sociology and economics. She likes to take perspectives of multicultural landscape into photography. Her experience as a constantly moving international student has inspired her to perceive and capture moments with hidden/undergoing emotions. She believes that every picture has a hidden story to tell.

Lily Marie Fiore (she/her) Instagram: @lilaay_fiore North Providence, RI Lily Marie Fiore graduated from Wheaton College in 2020 with a Major in Sociology and a Minor in Photography.

Currently, she works for the Taunton Housing Authority, in Massachusetts, where she has been fortunate enough to be able to combine her varied interests in sociology, architectural photography, and ecological succession. Over the course of three years, she has explored the interiors of various abandoned buildings in Massachusetts, Rhode

THE TEAM

AzeliA

Nicolis Cantu

TJ Duft

Aydin Hayat

Karina Wu

Callie Wohlgemuth Back cover and inside cover by Aydin Hayat

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