In the name of ♥︎

• Main Author: Thomas, Camille
• Format: Others
• Language: English
• Published: Konstfack, Grafisk design & illustration 2019
• Subjects: video; visual arts; visual communication; politics; nation-state; responsibility; digital; social media; gender politics; Design
• Online Access: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:konstfack:diva-6937

In a book, I have gathered 2 years of research on the heart symbol in the context of social media and the responsibility of Facebook Inc. in the propagation of hate speech. In parallel, new far-right parties such as Alternativ för Sverige use the heart symbol as a logo. I question the benefits of a rising discourse of love in nationalist propaganda, often hiding racist and sexist ideologies.This research is accompanied by a music video: six women are reading a spoken-word piece on the sexualisation of the female body and the idealisation of a nation-state. This work is entrenched in my own experiences and those of my friends. I composed the music and recorded our voices, all of us, speaking with different accents, witness of our current history of migrations. === <p>Work reviewed by artist and graphic designer Benedetta Crippa</p>