03/02/2026
We're happy to announce that February has introduced some lightness into the O:P Collective, and, while we had to postpone the release event of KROTCH Mag Issue 20, we're looking forward to organizing another party for the 21st issue.
That being said, we decided to finally release our latest KROTCH emission back into the streets where it originated from. (Pick-up locations listed below 👇)
We are so proud to have featured over 300 pages of Žižkov Delinquency since starting the project in June 2022. Thank you, endlessly, to everyone who has contributed to the project over the years 💋
With the release of K20, we're also excited to share with you that, despite inflation, we have decided NOT to raise the price of KROTCH (which is and will remain 50kč per issue), and rather to include MORE within each issue—24 pages as opposed to 16 pages. With this new format, we'll also be moving away from a 'monthly' release and towards a 'quarterly' release of the magazine. Now with KROTCH, you get more for less.
Since we began the project in June 2022, our goal has been to promote local writing on local topics to generate new perspectives on larger themes & questions -- what is poetry? what is art? and how can we get drunk for free? (these are all the same questions).
And since beginning the project, we’ve also learned a lot. For example, asking people to submit us "bad" writing is, in principle, the same as asking someone to send us "good" writing -- each qualification is subjective and dependent on past experiences that build expectations.
We also learned that the community writers for KMAG often don't need explanations because they understand, somehow, what these unspoken conventions are--even when we don't know ourselves. And, perhaps, this is the beauty about community works; you create your own notions of "good" and "bad" by collective shared experiences. However micro, however local.
Perhaps this is all we will have left in the age of global mass media where conventions and expectations are mass-maintained through algorithmic gatekeeping and the institutionalization of “expression.”
We want to give a huge thank you to all who have contributed to KROTCH over the last twenty issues and to all of you who took the time to support K-MAG. You have helped us belong and find our belonging amongst the contorted culture of the 21st century.
Long live the sh*theads.
Featured in K20 are contributions from::::
Anna Maslenko
Jordan Lickel
Lomikar
Rory Hinchey
Sasha Honigman
Sang Palsu
Snitch Kejhnul
Tekno Sag
Ugljesa Janjic
THANK GUYS.
GET INVOLVED AT KROTCH (@) OBJECTPARADISE.COM
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HANDLE KROTCH for 50kc thru your neighborhood dealer or pick up a copy at one of our four drop off & get off points in Prahahahaha:
📍Žižkovšiška
📍The Globe Bookstore
📍Místečko Gallery space.
📍L’object Trouve cafe
Learn more about the project at:
www.objectparadise.com/KROTCH