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The High Chair in the Corridor: How an Art Commune Became a Cult

The High Chair in the Corridor: How an Art Commune Became a Cult

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The High Chair in the Corridor: How an Art Commune Became a Cult

A red and gold child's high chair found alone in a cold corridor held a laminated photo of 23-year-old Rebecca Vogel seven months after she left the building - and the studios were empty at 9:14 a.m, on approximately February 19, 2019. Why did the Forge Collective keep a portrait of someone who had already gone, and what made leaving feel like the hardest thing anyone there had ever done?

In this episode, we tell the story of Rebecca Vogel’s arrival at the Forge Collective, the paperwork she signed during a “ceremony of shared affirmation,” and the financial and contractual rules that governed the Kellner Ironworks building - all of which raise the question: how did a live-work art residency become a place that trapped people instead of supporting them?

Person: Rebecca Vogel
Date: approximately February 19, 2019
Location: Kellner Ironworks building, Tulloch, Ohio
Amount: stipend announced $800 per month
Penalty: $4,000 fee for voluntary departure

- The high chair was found at 9:14 a.m, on approximately February 19, 2019.
- The photograph attached to the chair showed Rebecca Vogel at age 23 and she had been gone seven months when the photo remained on the chair.
- The Forge Collective advertised a stipend of $800 per month but ledger entries show the average resident received $112 per month.
- The first papers residents signed during a “ceremony of shared affirmation” included a clause assigning ownership of all work produced in the building to Forge Collective LLC in perpetuity.
- One of the buried clauses imposed a $4,000 immediate penalty on any resident who left voluntarily.

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