Author: Kevin Ritter-Jung
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Holding Attention
Contributor Kevin Ritter-Jung on Servane Dècle and Milo Rau’s THE PELICOT TRIAL, which was performed at Judson Church this past March.
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The Feel of City Politics and Fifty Pounds of Pudding
Contributor Kevin Ritter-Jung in conversation with the Sour Milk team about their production of DIRT at The Tank Theater until February 15th.
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Is This Government?: Anachronism and Democracy at 59E59
As a writer, my primary focus is the infrastructure – social and built – of New York City. This summer, I found myself in a predicament. I had the opportunity to interview one of our preeminent immigration activists, Ravi Ragbir; the problem was each day that passed, my introduction became more and more out of…
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A Forced Distinction Between Human and Non-Human Animals in Sophie McIntosh’s ROAD KILLS
Non-human animals are so often conceived of as wholly different from us: incapable of understanding emotions, governed by primal instincts alone, without agency. As human animals, we sometimes are confronted with the outer barriers of this distinction — the pet dog that is “part of the family,” the gorilla that can say “I love you”…
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Anne Imhof “DOOM: House of Hope” at Park Avenue Armory
It’s very easy to feel small, to feel helpless. But even in the midst of this dark time, we have the capacity to be present with each other, and through caring for each other when we are in pain, suffering, and fearful, to redeem ourselves and our sinful world.