Hardcore
Geography
Sonic Archaeology of Denver's DIY Displacement
About This Issue
Three essays documenting the systematic erasure of Denver's DIY music venues through geographic analysis, audio archaeology, and community resistance. Mapping patterns of displacement, culture-washing tactics, and strategies of sonic resistance.
Photocopied on stolen paper. Distributed at cost. No rights reserved.
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Essays
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The Geography of Displacement
Tracking venue closures across Denver neighborhoods from 1995-2025. Zoning changes, real estate speculation, and the transformation from warehouse spaces to luxury developments.
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Culture-Washing & Creative Placemaking
How RiNo and Highland weaponized arts funding to accelerate displacement. Creative communities cultivated, then systematically erased for profit.
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Sonic Resistance: The Underground Persists
House shows, mobile venues, encrypted networks. How DIY culture adapts and survives despite systematic attempts at erasure.
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Venue Map
Interactive map documenting 30+ DIY venues. Click for closure dates, displacement patterns, and what luxury bullshit replaced them.
LAUNCH MAP →Documentation
About The Project
Started after watching Rhinoceropolis burn. Continued through Glob's closure, 7th Circle's eviction, DIY's transformation into "RiNo Art District." This zine documents what capital wants us to forget.
Research conducted 2023-2024. Interviews with venue operators, bands, and the displaced. Maps drawn from memory and municipal records. Audio recorded in spaces now demolished.
Contact: hardcore.geography@proton.me
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