KROTCH MAG. 

 

KROTCH Magazine is a monthly attempt to share the O:P Manifesto in written form. In each issue, readers can find texts that expose the healthy and unhealthy indecencies within Prague and the microcosm of the art world that it represents.


Since its inception in June 2022, KROTCH Mag has been our monthly endeavor to fold the O:P Manifesto into a pocketable 16-page zine of community-based (f)art, mirroring the vibrant underbelly of Prague's art scene.




KROTCH Mag was born in a smoking-only bar in Prague’s neighborhood of lower Žižkov when a muž from the First Republic bartered us 50kč for the latest copy of Londýn volá, a photo-copied 2-page zine that he distributes en mass by hand.

We learned that this tradition, samizdat, was a method of distributing texts that would be otherwise banned by the state, a movement that flourished throughout the Eastern Bloc under the oppressive regimes of the communist era.



And, like that, with a nod to the samizdat spirit and with the effort to reach our community, KROTCH was born as a tangible, print-only rag that features anonymous voices from our community, showcasing a monthly collection of stories, reports, shouts, murmurs, and razz available at select locations and thru dealers across Prague for less than the price of a beer: 50kč.

Common themes include: (f)art criticism, rants on identity poetics, romantic opportunities, events to take yr new romantics, bad sex advice, good financial advice, and other introspections on Prague & the microcosm of the art world that is (mis)represents.

But why anonymous? Anonymous because we don’t want writers to think about readers. Anonymous because we don’t want readers to think about writers. Anonymous because we explore the world through our own eyes, reaching out through our own initiative--and that’s the magic that OBJECT:PARADISE believes in.




We got so damn obsessed with this idea of KROTCH being a tangible artifact of, and for, our community that we regularly hold zine workshops where we meet to sip, glue, stick, and snip old magazines to run them through heavy typewriters with whatever is on our minds. These gatherings are incubators for the diverse voices that populate KROTCH, reinforcing our dedication to grassroots creativity and collective resilience.




Each issue is crafted entirely by hand, using minimal digital tools, to give our readers something that’s been tangible at each stage of production. Because when KROTCH magazine gets soaked in beer, that’s all you get--some things in life just aren’t like that anymore.



In essence, KROTCH Magazine is more than a publication; it's our commitment to sharing the O:P Manifesto through unfiltered expression that lives and breathes in our community. It embodies our belief in the power of a contextually-based poetics that needs only the immediate moment and immediate eyes to grant its existence and value.

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We invite you to join us in this ongoing exploration of the poetics of localization and curation in the age of global mass media. Join us for a workshop or, if you live in Prague, send us the absolute worst thing you’ve ever written!

Each issue is only 50kč and is available exclusively in print. Current distribution points are at the Globe Bookstore in Nové Mesto, Žižkovšiška and Místečko Gallery in Žižkov.





KROTCH MAG. Issue 20 Out Now!




KROTCH Mag Emission 20 was released into the back streets of the Independent Republic of Žižkov on February 1st, 2026. 

The 20th issue is a special edition featuring 24 pages (!) of discount writing by and for Žižkov and OBJECT:PARADISE’s wider community of rats & spats.


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 shitheads.

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.


Since June 2022, KROTCH Magazine has featured works from...


Anna Maslenko, Alice Derrier (Madame Jidlo), Ásgeir H Ingólfsson, Celine Jafarova, Chuck Boris Norris, Christopher Crawford, David Hilbert, Frank Hernandez, Hanah Slaninová, Hunter Andrews, Jan Černý, Jaromír Lelek, Jo Blin, Juliano Alfredo, Ken Nash, Leap Lembo, Lomikar, Lorenzo Pol, Mariya Shatová, Madame Jidlo (Alice Derrier), Michael Rowland, Nassim Bouhoun, Palencar, Phillip O'neil, R.G. Vašíček, Rod Last, Rory Hinchey, Sandra Pasławska, Sara Wagenová, Sarah Belejová, Sasha Rose, Scott Nixon, Stefan Fiedler, Snitch Kejhnul, Tomáš Martínek, Tomáš Straka, Tyko Say, Ugljesa Janjic, Vít Bohal, and Zuzana Wrona among others.




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