{"id":327495,"date":"2024-06-05T12:44:06","date_gmt":"2024-06-05T17:44:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/colossal.local\/?page_id=327495"},"modified":"2026-04-14T09:20:48","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T14:20:48","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull home-post-group-top is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-6c531013 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<div data-wp-context=\"{}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/query\" data-wp-key=\"0\" data-wp-router-region=\"query-0\" class=\"wp-block-query home-featured-post is-layout-flow wp-block-query-is-layout-flow\"><ul class=\"wp-block-post-template is-layout-flow wp-block-post-template-is-layout-flow\"><li data-wp-key=\"post-template-item-472807\" class=\"wp-block-post post-472807 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-art category-history 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Issues<\/a><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-author-name\">Kate Mothes<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/2026\/04\/lr-vandy-rise-sculptures-history-rope-transportation-trade\/\" target=\"_self\"  ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/vandy-12.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"LR Vandy&#8217;s Rope Sculptures Disentangle Histories of Colonialism and Transportation\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/vandy-12.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/vandy-12-640x427.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/vandy-12-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/vandy-12-768x512.jpg 768w, 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