Screen Walk with Noura Tafeche

SCREEN WALK WITH NOURA TAFECHE 17 APRIL 2024 Noura Tafeche shared her ongoing research on online visual cultures cross mixing cute-kawaii, violent-military and gaming aesthetics. Noura guided the audience through the nooks and crannies of The Kawayoku Inception archival project. Accomplished over four years of research on social media and online micro-communities, this ongoing archive was built to catalogue nearly 30,000 files within a map of the digital platforms where the phenomenon proliferates. The project ranges from military propaganda translated into choreographic dance routines and challenges, to the weeb alt-right incel imaginary intertwined with cute manga fan-art. Broadcasted live on Twitch -- Watch live at https://www.twitch.tv/screenwalks More info: screenwalks.com