Annihilation Core Inherited Lore ٩(͡๏̯͡๏)۶
Pink + Black + White


Multimedia installation, carpet, props, dakimakura, fabric, 3 channels video

2024 - ongoing


Annihilation Core Inherited Lore ٩(͡๏̯͡๏)۶Black


Solo exhibition
24 February–26 March 2025
Aksioma | Project Space, Ljubljana
Part of Tactics&Practice #16: Are You A Software Update?
Curated by Nora O’ Murchú, Socrates Stamatatos, Janez Fakin Janša, Neja Berger

Photo by Domen Pal | Aksioma

Influenced by gamer-girl and otaku room aesthetics, and drawing from recent events such as NATO’s inaugural gaming tournament—where global participants competed while engaging with alliance experts—the installation accelerates these online subcultures toward an undesirable yet likely future. From a remote-controlled military operations desktop station, amidst plushies and UAV drone models, visitors can explore the evolving fusion of the military-entertainment complex and gaming culture, and their entanglements with digital militarism and modern armies’ recruiting strategies.




Annihilation Core Inherited Lore ٩(͡๏̯͡๏)۶ White
Partt of the collective exhbition The Lure of the Image
Fotomuseum Winterthur | 17.05 – 12.10.2025
Curated by De Mutiis Marco, Gwendolyn Fässler, Doris Gassert, Alessandra Nappo
The work includes an essay by ✨Maya B. Kronic✨ published in The Lure of the Image exhibition catalogue by Spector Books.


Photo by ©Fotomuseum Winterthur | Conradin Frei

The installation investigates how cuteness aesthetics are weaponised online to spread military propaganda and violence. Drawing on four years of research and an archive of over 30,000 files, Tafeche reveals how pastel-coloured plushies, manga fan art and doe eyes can become vehicles for war messaging, sexualised aggression, weapons fetishisation and alt-right ideologies. Tafeche maps aesthetic forms from ‘kawaii’ (a Japanese cultural phenomenon which emphasises cuteness and innocence) to gaming, TikTok and fan art, illustrating how viral content like memes or online dance challenges can promote misogyny, supremacism and racism. The installation combines an immersive environment with interactive access to the artist’s research archive, exposing how the seemingly most innocent forms of mainstream visual culture can be infiltrated by harmful propaganda.



Annihilation Core Inherited Lore ٩(͡๏̯͡๏)۶PINK


31 Jan - 14 April 2024
Commissioned by transmediale
for the collective exhibtion this is perfect, perfect, perfect held at Kunstraum Kreuzberg/Bethanien.
The exhibition is part of transmediale festival 2024 you’re doing amazing sweetie

Curated by Lorena Juan
Artistic Direction Nora O’ Murchú




Annihilation Core, Inherited Lore ٩(͡๏̯͡๏)۶
this is perfect, perfect, perfect, Kunstraum Kreuzberg Bethanien
Photo by Luca Girardini CC BY-NC

Cute eyes, thirst trap hotties, cosy rugs, soft pillows, and adorable trinkets – beyond these plush comforts and this meticulous attention to decor, an unsettling atmosphere lurks. The popular online aesthetic operates in the service of the exaltation of war culture. Used as a lure to attract, the kawaii-fication of violence seduces and gamifies those who encounter it, welcoming the misogynistic, supremacist, and racist neo-ideologies it seeks to glorify.

Influenced by gamer-girl and otaku room aesthetics, and inspired by recent events like NATO’s gaming tournament, the installation explores the acceleration of online subcultures toward an undesirable yet likely future. From a cutified remote-controlled military operations desktop station visitors can burrow the evolving fusion of the military entertainment complex and gaming culture, and their entanglements with digital militarism along with the recruiting strategies of modern armies.


Review on Spike Art Magazine and Berlinartlink


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