“Yerevan Unfiltered” is a net-based multi screen installation showcasing the influence of digital accessibility and questioning its impact on public consciousness, visual aesthetics, and identity structures. For this edition we will adapt the content and the questions to the festival theme, let local TikTokers from Yerevan have their say and to mix them with international influencers. With the help from TikTok Users form Armenia, user profiles, audio id’s and hashtags (e.g. vulnerability, fragility, antifragility, empathy), are researched. The posts will be automatically retrieved from tiktok.com. Questions will appear in large letters in front of the videos as following:

Is vulnerability a natural quality?

Are self-awareness and personal dignity based on vulnerability?

Does the acknowledgement of one’s own vulnerability makes us truly stronger?

Can empathic ability in ourselves grow by recognizing our own vulnerability?

Can vulnerability be a truly positive force, as a counterbalance to obsessions of safety that we experience every day and that could not be guaranteed at any level?

How will the next generation tell stories?

Can inclusive platforms create space for all voices?

Are regular people the superstars of the future?