In 2007 two African American architects shared a vision for a new kind of practice and together opened Pendulum Studios on Holmes St in Kansas City’s East Crossroads Arts District. “Long before it was cool to live, work, and play in the neighborhood” the partners were collaborating with the many creative enterprises that already called the district home. When the partners heard about the Jason Harrington, aka @RifRafGiraffe, plans to create a new street art festival, @SolaNoir, timed around the solar eclipse of 2017, they were happy to be a sponsor and “100% geeked out” at the opportunity to have one of the festival headliners paint their building. For his part Brazilian artist Senna whose work “often talks about solitude, love, friendship, passion, conformity and family” responded with this skyward-looking composition.  @alexsenna/  @pendulum_kc/