Secession

2020 -

In an alternate reality where Texas is its own country, a group of elite prisoners try and leverage their dispositions to dismantle the Corporo-Politico-Religious class. We interact with this world through different types of media, and our own realities as a backdrop. Special thanks to Kahla Brown (Al), Joe Troyen (Charles Butt), Jennell Lewis (Herm), and Becca Ellsworth for her ideas and Space Hospice ad. Sign up to collaborate.

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“God Talks to Butts” - a painting of the H-B3 family’s divine ascension, complete with their signature grocery items

The corporo-politico-religious class wears clothing that celebrates the lore of Texas in loud ways

We performed during Austin's Speculative Futures meetup in July 2020. The audience engaged with the characters through commentary and polling. (The recording experienced some glitching.)

Duc-ee’s region ad - mass production meets extremes in Secession

Shrine of a found piece of machinery, which is being looked upon by María de Ágreda, the holy mother of Texas

Questions that sparked Secession, from the project talk during the Austin Speculative Futures meetup

Interviews with Texans will play a role in the evolution of Secession’s storylines.

Texas baptism and tithe process storyboard

Citizens find shapes of Texas in their day-to-day lives, believing it to be a sign of Texas’ divinity.

Concepts of Big Tex and an edgier María de Ágreda

Every 30 years, the Alamo Bowl brings citizens together to fight to the literal death for the place they love so much.