”The masks have fallen” Photo-Episode B, pt.3

The indeterminate figure approached her, sitting by her side. Her facial features were absent. In their place there was a void instead. An empty anthropomorphic canvas, a terrifyingly scarce image. Uneasiness came over Rosalia. Blurred thoughts overwhelmed her. Questions danced in her mind in a state of utter frenzy. A foray of speculations and queries […]
The fall of celebrities: buying fake friends

Have we ever questioned how parasocial relationships with media figures affect our daily lives privately, but they also shape popular culture crucially? We tend to believe that the relationships created between fans and celebrities are limited to cases of teenagers (mostly girls) that idolize the new heartbreaker to an extreme, creating erotic scenarios with him. […]
”CINOBO: CINEMA NO BORDERS” 6 + 1 MOVIE SUGGESTIONS

Movies, movies, movies… Movies that keep us warm, that we can’t stop thinking about for a long time, that have us going to class or work with zero sleep, but we forgive them because we just have to know how it is going to end. Movies that enchant us, transport us to other realms, that […]
True crime: Consumerism of Crime

How the commercialisation and narrative glamorisation of violent atrocities contribute to the ethical corruption and hybristophilia of true crime consumers? The genre of books, movies, and podcasts that we recognise as true crime has established itself within pop culture as a product that provides a graphic description of true crime stories for the consumer. The […]
Diplomacy, ping pong and gift exchanges

How did two ping pong players manage to definitively change their countries’ diplomatic relations by exchanging gifts? War chaos, ideological rivalries, and a universal suspicion painted the canvas of the 1970s. Against this warlike current marched two champions in 1971 during the World Ping Pong Championship in Nagoya, Japan, which constituted fertile ground for bridging […]