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PEOPLE. PLACE. PERFORMANCE.
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PEOPLE. PLACE. PERFORMANCE.
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PEOPLE. PLACE. PERFORMANCE.
Investigating Urban Performance Through Sustained Residency.
Investigating Urban Performance Through Sustained Residency.
SHOWCASE
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the spirit of WWTC without the hype
Recognising urban performances might be the only honest way to engage with contemporary displacement
SHOWCASE
2:30
the spirit of WWTC without the hype
Recognising urban performances might be the only honest way to engage with contemporary displacement
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mission
Cities don't exist - they perform. WWTC investigates these performances through sustained residencies, using theoretical frameworks to decode how urban spaces stage themselves in an age where authenticity and simulation are impossible to distinguish.
Cities don't exist - they perform. WWTC investigates these performances through sustained residencies, using theoretical frameworks to decode how urban spaces stage themselves in an age where authenticity and simulation are impossible to distinguish.Cities don't exist - they perform. WWTC investigates these performances through sustained residencies, using theoretical frameworks to decode how urban spaces stage themselves in an age where authenticity and simulation are impossible to distinguish.
Cities don't exist - they perform. WWTC investigates these performances through sustained residencies, using theoretical frameworks to decode how urban spaces stage themselves in an age where authenticity and simulation are impossible to distinguish.
David Henzell
WWTC Founder
Cities don't exist - they perform. WWTC investigates these performances through sustained residencies, using theoretical frameworks to decode how urban spaces stage themselves in an age where authenticity and simulation are impossible to distinguish.
Cities don't exist - they perform. WWTC investigates these performances through sustained residencies, using theoretical frameworks to decode how urban spaces stage themselves in an age where authenticity and simulation are impossible to distinguish.David Henzell
WWTC Founder
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investigations
sustained residency
investigations
pre-simulated authenticity
The Warsaw Winter Theatre Company is not an actual theatre company but an analytical framework for understanding how displacement operates in an age of total simulation. The methodology combines postmodern theoretical tools with lived experience, using personal displacement as material for understanding broader cultural mechanisms.
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Travels in Hyperraility
The foundational WWTC investigation. Ten weeks examining how Warsaw stages itself for temporary residents, using Baudrillardian frameworks to decode cultural simulation.
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Foundations
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Postmodernism
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Travels in Hyperraility
The foundational WWTC investigation. Ten weeks examining how Warsaw stages itself for temporary residents, using Baudrillardian frameworks to decode cultural simulation.
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Foundations
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Postmodernism
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Travels in Hyperraility
The foundational WWTC investigation. Ten weeks examining how Warsaw stages itself for temporary residents, using Baudrillardian frameworks to decode cultural simulation.
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Foundations
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Postmodernism
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OS:Belgrade
A cultural investigation hosted on developer infrastructure, treating displacement as debugging and integration as installation. Poetry is Code.
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Infrastructure
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Operating System
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CodeIsPoetry
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OS:Belgrade
A cultural investigation hosted on developer infrastructure, treating displacement as debugging and integration as installation. Poetry is Code.
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Infrastructure
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Operating System
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CodeIsPoetry
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OS:Belgrade
A cultural investigation hosted on developer infrastructure, treating displacement as debugging and integration as installation. Poetry is Code.
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Infrastructure
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Operating System
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CodeIsPoetry
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OS:Warszawa
The most important discoveries happen not when we arrive somewhere, but when we realise we've been somewhere all along.
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Wraszawa
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Urban
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Performance
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OS:Warszawa
The most important discoveries happen not when we arrive somewhere, but when we realise we've been somewhere all along.
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Wraszawa
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Urban
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Performance
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OS:Warszawa
The most important discoveries happen not when we arrive somewhere, but when we realise we've been somewhere all along.
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Wraszawa
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Urban
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Performance
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What The Water Sees
A ten-week investigation using Belgrade's rivers as witnesses to urban performance. Following the Confluence Protocol through four phases: Sava, Danube, Interior, and Convergence.
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Belgrade
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Confluence
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Topographics
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What The Water Sees
A ten-week investigation using Belgrade's rivers as witnesses to urban performance. Following the Confluence Protocol through four phases: Sava, Danube, Interior, and Convergence.
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Belgrade
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Confluence
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Topographics
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What The Water Sees
A ten-week investigation using Belgrade's rivers as witnesses to urban performance. Following the Confluence Protocol through four phases: Sava, Danube, Interior, and Convergence.
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Belgrade
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Confluence
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Topographics
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DECIPHER: THE PERFORMANCE CONSTRUCT
The framework turns its analytical tools on itself - examining how protocols, confluence methodologies, and theoretical frameworks actually function in practice. Transparency about construction, not mystification of process.
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Aphorism
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Framework
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Construction
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DECIPHER: THE PERFORMANCE CONSTRUCT
The framework turns its analytical tools on itself - examining how protocols, confluence methodologies, and theoretical frameworks actually function in practice. Transparency about construction, not mystification of process.
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Aphorism
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Framework
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Construction
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DECIPHER: THE PERFORMANCE CONSTRUCT
The framework turns its analytical tools on itself - examining how protocols, confluence methodologies, and theoretical frameworks actually function in practice. Transparency about construction, not mystification of process.
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Aphorism
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Framework
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Construction
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synaesthesia
Translating urban experience across sensory modes. Sound becomes image, image becomes text, text becomes sound. Field recordings, visual aphorisms, and written analysis as interdependent documentation streams.
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Audiology
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Field Recording
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Infusion
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synaesthesia
Translating urban experience across sensory modes. Sound becomes image, image becomes text, text becomes sound. Field recordings, visual aphorisms, and written analysis as interdependent documentation streams.
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Audiology
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Field Recording
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Infusion
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synaesthesia
Translating urban experience across sensory modes. Sound becomes image, image becomes text, text becomes sound. Field recordings, visual aphorisms, and written analysis as interdependent documentation streams.
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Audiology
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Field Recording
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Infusion
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protocol
THE WWTC APPROACH
A theoretical approach toward a less common understanding.
WWTC PRE-REQUISITES
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sustained
residency
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sustained
residency
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sustained
residency
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theoretical
rigour
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theoretical
rigour
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theoretical
rigour
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honest
documentation
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honest
documentation
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honest
documentation
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multi-format
outputs
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multi-format
outputs
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multi-format
outputs
Source:
Data Impact & Plausibility
Oct 2025
Articles Published
Articles Published
Articles Published
Creative Projects
Creative Projects
Creative Projects
Years in Existence
Years in Existence
Years in Existence
parent publication
Reticulate blog
All WWTC investigations are published in full through Reticulate Networks. Weekly posts document ongoing residencies in real-time. Read complete analyses, view photographic series, follow methodology development. Warsaw's circular protocol is archived. Belgrade's confluence investigation updates live. Visit Reticulate for the actual work.
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methodology
the wwtc process
Understanding the function and fundamentals of urban performance.
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strategic residency Choose locations where cultural simulation is particularly visible or contested
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strategic residency Choose locations where cultural simulation is particularly visible or contested
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strategic residency Choose locations where cultural simulation is particularly visible or contested
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organisational framework Create extended metaphors that help organise experience
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organisational framework Create extended metaphors that help organise experience
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organisational framework Create extended metaphors that help organise experience
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Sustained observation Physically traverse the city using structured routes that test the framework
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Sustained observation Physically traverse the city using structured routes that test the framework
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Sustained observation Physically traverse the city using structured routes that test the framework
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document & analyse Transform observations into multi-format outputs that maintain both analytical distance and genuine engagement
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document & analyse Transform observations into multi-format outputs that maintain both analytical distance and genuine engagement
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document & analyse Transform observations into multi-format outputs that maintain both analytical distance and genuine engagement
On average, each investigation generates 10 weeks of documented encounters with urban simulation.
project status
living cities
Live performances
BUILT IN PUBLIC
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OS:Belgrade
live residency
+83%
/OS
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OS:Belgrade
live residency
+83%
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OS:Belgrade
live residency
+83%
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travels in hyperraility
complete
+90%
/observation
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travels in hyperraility
complete
+90%
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travels in hyperraility
complete
+90%
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OS:Warszawa
starts 30.12.2025
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OS:Warszawa
starts 30.12.2025
+20%
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OS:Warszawa
starts 30.12.2025
+20%
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what the water sees
ongoing
+14%
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what the water sees
ongoing
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what the water sees
ongoing
+14%
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synaesthesia
development
+60
/audio
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synaesthesia
development
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synaesthesia
development
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decypher
development
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decypher
development
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decypher
development
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case study
WHAT THE WATER SEES
Belgrade performs itself as a meeting point of rivers, empires, and histories. How do we understand this convergence without accepting the city's self-mythology uncritically?
location
Belgrade
location
Belgrade
location
Belgrade
duration
12 weeks
duration
12 weeks
duration
12 weeks
framework
the confluence protocol
framework
the confluence protocol
framework
the confluence protocol
Districts to document
20+
Districts to document
20+
Districts to document
20+
weeks embedded residency
+12
weeks embedded residency
+12
weeks embedded residency
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Belgrade has been watching the water for centuries. For twelve weeks, I'll watch what the water sees.
Belgrade has been watching the water for centuries. For twelve weeks, I'll watch what the water sees.Belgrade has been watching the water for centuries. For twelve weeks, I'll watch what the water sees.
Belgrade has been watching the water for centuries. For twelve weeks, I'll watch what the water sees.Belgrade has been watching the water for centuries. For twelve weeks, I'll watch what the water sees.
Belgrade has been watching the water for centuries. For twelve weeks, I'll watch what the water sees.David H.
Current Resident
David H.
Current Resident
David H.
Current Resident
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invitation
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Choose Warsaw's hyperreality or Belgrade's confluence - dive into completed work or follow current investigations in real-time.
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this is wwtc
structured
Primary Resident
David Henzell
Thought Leader
Postmodern Theory
Performance Analysis
Displacement Studies
Primary Resident
David Henzell
Thought Leader
Postmodern Theory
Performance Analysis
Displacement Studies
Analytical Companion
Claude
Anthropic AI
Pattern Recognition
Theoretical Cntext
Advanced Methodolgies
Analytical Companion
Claude
Anthropic AI
Pattern Recognition
Theoretical Cntext
Advanced Methodolgies
WWTC Methodology
Framework
Organisational Structure
Sustained Residency
Theoretical Rigour
Multi-format outputs
WWTC Methodology
Framework
Organisational Structure
Sustained Residency
Theoretical Rigour
Multi-format outputs
Current Project
Investigation
What The Water Sees
Confluence Protocol
River as Witness
Four-Phase Structure
Current Project
Investigation
What The Water Sees
Confluence Protocol
River as Witness
Four-Phase Structure
Primary Resident
David Henzell
Thought Leader
Postmodern Theory
Performance Analysis
Displacement Studies
Analytical Companion
Claude
Anthropic AI
Pattern Recognition
Theoretical Cntext
Advanced Methodolgies
WWTC Methodology
Framework
Organisational Structure
Sustained Residency
Theoretical Rigour
Multi-format outputs
Current Project
Investigation
What The Water Sees
Confluence Protocol
River as Witness
Four-Phase Structure
A unique
collaboration
A unique
collaboration
All WWTC work emerges from human-AI collaboration, maintaining transparency about this partnership.
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data
glance
glance
Metrics
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people as data
people as data
investigations
Multiple cities investigated through sustained residency methodology since 2024.
Completed & Archived Investigations
investigations
Multiple cities investigated through sustained residency methodology since 2024.
Completed & Archived Investigations
investigations
Multiple cities investigated through sustained residency methodology since 2024.
Completed & Archived Investigations
distance
Physical kilometers documented across all WWTC residencies and walking protocols.
KM
distance
Physical kilometers documented across all WWTC residencies and walking protocols.
KM
distance
Physical kilometers documented across all WWTC residencies and walking protocols.
KM
protocols
Distinct investigative frameworks developed for understanding urban performance
METHODOLOGICAL FRAMEWORKS
protocols
Distinct investigative frameworks developed for understanding urban performance
METHODOLOGICAL FRAMEWORKS
protocols
Distinct investigative frameworks developed for understanding urban performance
METHODOLOGICAL FRAMEWORKS
transparency
Nomadic Installations and Open Residency Data
Warszawa
Filed
Travels in Hyperraility
km
47 documented walks completed
12 weekly blog posts published
300+ photographs archived
Complete investigation framework
distance
Cost
OS:Belgrade
Current
Confluence Protocol - rivers as witnesses
est km
Sava Phase (3 weeks)
Danube Phase (3 weeks)
Interior Phase (2 weeks)
Confluence synthesis (2 weeks)
"The Rivers" Belgrade" photo series
10 weekly documentation posts
OS:Warszawa
next
Foundation protocol - circular methodology
km
Infrastructure Phase
Demographic Phase
Topographic Phase
Performance Layers
Database Upgrade
Monthly
Annual
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Warszawa
Filed
Travels in Hyperraility
km
47 documented walks completed
12 weekly blog posts published
300+ photographs archived
Complete investigation framework
OS:Belgrade
Current
Confluence Protocol - rivers as witnesses
est km
Sava Phase (3 weeks)
Danube Phase (3 weeks)
Interior Phase (2 weeks)
Confluence synthesis (2 weeks)
"The Rivers" Belgrade" photo series
10 weekly documentation posts
OS:Warszawa
next
Foundation protocol - circular methodology
km
Infrastructure Phase
Demographic Phase
Topographic Phase
Performance Layers
Database Upgrade
Monthly
Annual
Save 20%
Warszawa
Filed
Travels in Hyperraility
km
47 documented walks completed
12 weekly blog posts published
300+ photographs archived
Complete investigation framework
OS:Belgrade
Current
Confluence Protocol - rivers as witnesses
est km
Sava Phase (3 weeks)
Danube Phase (3 weeks)
Interior Phase (2 weeks)
Confluence synthesis (2 weeks)
"The Rivers" Belgrade" photo series
10 weekly documentation posts
OS:Warszawa
next
Foundation protocol - circular methodology
km
Infrastructure Phase
Demographic Phase
Topographic Phase
Performance Layers
Database Upgrade
David Henzell
founder & primary resident
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manifesto
I DIDN'T BUILD THIS FRAMEWORK TO MYSTIFY DISPLACEMENT. I BUILT IT TO UNDERSTAND HOW CITIES PERFORM THEMSELVES - HONESTLY, RIGOROUSLY, AND WITHOUT PRETENDING AUTHENTICITY IS STILL POSSIBLE.
I DIDN'T BUILD THIS FRAMEWORK TO MYSTIFY DISPLACEMENT. I BUILT IT TO UNDERSTAND HOW CITIES PERFORM THEMSELVES - HONESTLY, RIGOROUSLY, AND WITHOUT PRETENDING AUTHENTICITY IS STILL POSSIBLE.WWTC is here to investigate urban simulation in the real world - through sustained residency, theoretical frameworks, and transparent documentation.
2025/Q2
displacement method identified as potential protocol
2025/Q3
Warsaw residency initiated: 12 weeks: sluzewiec
2025/Q3
Belgrade residency initiated: 12 weeks: Banjica
2026/Q1
Second warsaw residency: 12 weeks: Sluzewiec
David Henzell
founder & primary resident
10
manifesto
I DIDN'T BUILD THIS FRAMEWORK TO MYSTIFY DISPLACEMENT. I BUILT IT TO UNDERSTAND HOW CITIES PERFORM THEMSELVES - HONESTLY, RIGOROUSLY, AND WITHOUT PRETENDING AUTHENTICITY IS STILL POSSIBLE.
I DIDN'T BUILD THIS FRAMEWORK TO MYSTIFY DISPLACEMENT. I BUILT IT TO UNDERSTAND HOW CITIES PERFORM THEMSELVES - HONESTLY, RIGOROUSLY, AND WITHOUT PRETENDING AUTHENTICITY IS STILL POSSIBLE.WWTC is here to investigate urban simulation in the real world - through sustained residency, theoretical frameworks, and transparent documentation.
2025/Q2
displacement method identified as potential protocol
2025/Q3
Warsaw residency initiated: 12 weeks: sluzewiec
2025/Q3
Belgrade residency initiated: 12 weeks: Banjica
2026/Q1
Second warsaw residency: 12 weeks: Sluzewiec
David Henzell
founder & primary resident
10
manifesto
I DIDN'T BUILD THIS FRAMEWORK TO MYSTIFY DISPLACEMENT. I BUILT IT TO UNDERSTAND HOW CITIES PERFORM THEMSELVES - HONESTLY, RIGOROUSLY, AND WITHOUT PRETENDING AUTHENTICITY IS STILL POSSIBLE.
I DIDN'T BUILD THIS FRAMEWORK TO MYSTIFY DISPLACEMENT. I BUILT IT TO UNDERSTAND HOW CITIES PERFORM THEMSELVES - HONESTLY, RIGOROUSLY, AND WITHOUT PRETENDING AUTHENTICITY IS STILL POSSIBLE.WWTC is here to investigate urban simulation in the real world - through sustained residency, theoretical frameworks, and transparent documentation.
2025/Q2
displacement method identified as potential protocol
2025/Q3
Warsaw residency initiated: 12 weeks: sluzewiec
2025/Q3
Belgrade residency initiated: 12 weeks: Banjica
2026/Q1
Second warsaw residency: 12 weeks: Sluzewiec
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open access
radar
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open access
radar
Newsletter
WWTC sends occasional updates about new projects via Reticulate [ntwx]
Newsletter
WWTC sends occasional updates about new projects via Reticulate [ntwx]
Newsletter
WWTC sends occasional updates about new projects via Reticulate [ntwx]
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Help & Info
FAQ
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What is the Warsaw Winter Theatre Company?
WWTC is an analytical framework for investigating how cities perform themselves in an age of total simulation. WWTC conducts sustained residency investigations using postmodern theoretical tools as practical organising methods. WWTC is not an actual theatre company - it investigates urban performance.
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How do the investigations work?
Each investigation involves 6-12 weeks of sustained residency in a single city. WWTC develops location-specific protocols (like Warsaw's circular methodology or Belgrade's confluence protocol), walk structured routes, document observations through photography and writing, and produce weekly blog posts analysing what it encounters.
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Why "theatre company" if you don't do theatre?
Because cities perform - they stage versions of themselves for different audiences. WWTC investigates these performances. The "theatre company" framing makes explicit what's usually implicit: urban spaces are performing authenticity, history, identity. WWTC watches what they're staging.
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Can I use WWTC methodology for my own city?
Yes. The frameworks are open and adaptable. If you want guidance on applying WWTC methodology to your location, or want to discuss collaboration on an investigation, contact us. I'd be interested in how the framework functions in different contexts.
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What's the relationship between WWTC and AI?
All WWTC work emerges from human-AI collaboration. David Henzell conducts the physical investigations; Claude (Anthropic AI) provides pattern recognition, theoretical context, and analytical support. WWTC is transparent about this partnership - it's part of the methodology, not hidden.
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Where can I read the investigations?
All WWTC work is published through Reticulate Networks blog. "Travels in Hyperreality" (Warsaw) is complete. "What The Water Sees" (Belgrade) is currently in progress. Both include weekly posts, photography, and synthesis.
04
What does "displacement as methodology" mean?
Temporary residents see cities differently than permanent ones. WWTC uses this displacement deliberately - living somewhere long enough to notice patterns but remaining aware we're outsiders. The methodology treats being temporarily displaced as an investigative advantage, not a limitation.
01
What is the Warsaw Winter Theatre Company?
WWTC is an analytical framework for investigating how cities perform themselves in an age of total simulation. WWTC conducts sustained residency investigations using postmodern theoretical tools as practical organising methods. WWTC is not an actual theatre company - it investigates urban performance.
02
How do the investigations work?
Each investigation involves 6-12 weeks of sustained residency in a single city. WWTC develops location-specific protocols (like Warsaw's circular methodology or Belgrade's confluence protocol), walk structured routes, document observations through photography and writing, and produce weekly blog posts analysing what it encounters.
03
Why "theatre company" if you don't do theatre?
Because cities perform - they stage versions of themselves for different audiences. WWTC investigates these performances. The "theatre company" framing makes explicit what's usually implicit: urban spaces are performing authenticity, history, identity. WWTC watches what they're staging.
04
Can I use WWTC methodology for my own city?
Yes. The frameworks are open and adaptable. If you want guidance on applying WWTC methodology to your location, or want to discuss collaboration on an investigation, contact us. I'd be interested in how the framework functions in different contexts.
04
What's the relationship between WWTC and AI?
All WWTC work emerges from human-AI collaboration. David Henzell conducts the physical investigations; Claude (Anthropic AI) provides pattern recognition, theoretical context, and analytical support. WWTC is transparent about this partnership - it's part of the methodology, not hidden.
04
Where can I read the investigations?
All WWTC work is published through Reticulate Networks blog. "Travels in Hyperreality" (Warsaw) is complete. "What The Water Sees" (Belgrade) is currently in progress. Both include weekly posts, photography, and synthesis.
04
What does "displacement as methodology" mean?
Temporary residents see cities differently than permanent ones. WWTC uses this displacement deliberately - living somewhere long enough to notice patterns but remaining aware we're outsiders. The methodology treats being temporarily displaced as an investigative advantage, not a limitation.
01
What is the Warsaw Winter Theatre Company?
WWTC is an analytical framework for investigating how cities perform themselves in an age of total simulation. WWTC conducts sustained residency investigations using postmodern theoretical tools as practical organising methods. WWTC is not an actual theatre company - it investigates urban performance.
02
How do the investigations work?
Each investigation involves 6-12 weeks of sustained residency in a single city. WWTC develops location-specific protocols (like Warsaw's circular methodology or Belgrade's confluence protocol), walk structured routes, document observations through photography and writing, and produce weekly blog posts analysing what it encounters.
03
Why "theatre company" if you don't do theatre?
Because cities perform - they stage versions of themselves for different audiences. WWTC investigates these performances. The "theatre company" framing makes explicit what's usually implicit: urban spaces are performing authenticity, history, identity. WWTC watches what they're staging.
04
Can I use WWTC methodology for my own city?
Yes. The frameworks are open and adaptable. If you want guidance on applying WWTC methodology to your location, or want to discuss collaboration on an investigation, contact us. I'd be interested in how the framework functions in different contexts.
04
What's the relationship between WWTC and AI?
All WWTC work emerges from human-AI collaboration. David Henzell conducts the physical investigations; Claude (Anthropic AI) provides pattern recognition, theoretical context, and analytical support. WWTC is transparent about this partnership - it's part of the methodology, not hidden.
04
Where can I read the investigations?
All WWTC work is published through Reticulate Networks blog. "Travels in Hyperreality" (Warsaw) is complete. "What The Water Sees" (Belgrade) is currently in progress. Both include weekly posts, photography, and synthesis.
04
What does "displacement as methodology" mean?
Temporary residents see cities differently than permanent ones. WWTC uses this displacement deliberately - living somewhere long enough to notice patterns but remaining aware we're outsiders. The methodology treats being temporarily displaced as an investigative advantage, not a limitation.
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WWTC investigates how cities perform themselves. All enquiries welcome.
David Henzell
Primary Resident
David Henzell
Primary Resident
David Henzell
Primary Resident
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initiation protocol
establish contact
Questions about WWTC methodology? Want to discuss urban investigation? Interested in collaboration? Reach out.
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initiation protocol
establish contact
Questions about WWTC methodology? Want to discuss urban investigation? Interested in collaboration? Reach out.
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initiation protocol
establish contact
Questions about WWTC methodology? Want to discuss urban investigation? Interested in collaboration? Reach out.