J-Horror and the Aesthetics of Technophobia
To the vibe that is Japan: As an American, it's easy to fetishize or commodify or whatever when thinking of the Land of the Rising Sun, but perhaps what is most synonymous with it for me will resonate with others. For one , there is a grime, a specific texture: the scales of a swirling, full-body dragon tattoo on a Yakuza boss, green and hazy like a murky bowl of miso. Or perhaps the sleek, fu...