A short film about sweetness, cuteness, violence, and erasure—after the Bahay na Pula in San Ildefonso, Bulacan. Where in World War II, the Imperial Japanese Army committed mass rapes and murders, forcing hundreds of women into sexual slavery.
No videos are present in the piece. This ~9 minute film is composed and presented entirely programmatically — taking found artifacts and images live, compositing them and unfolding scenes. Using the technology of 'iFrames' and direct linking to aesthetic/cute sites, the work seeks to expose Japanese soft power, the violence of cuteness, and the resulting erasure of sexual violence.
Chia Amisola is the curator and developer behind Kakakompyuter Mo Yan. They're an artist & technologist invested in the internet's loss, love, labor, and liberation.
INSTRUCTIONS
Watch this movie entirely composed of decaying iFrames