Not Your Family WhatsApp is a curatorial project co-curated by University of Southern California, MA in curatorial studies graduate Loujain Bager and Los Angeles based artist, Zeina Baltagi. The project centers around WhatsApp as a digital platform that allows for global communication. Not Your Family WhatsApp explores the connectivity of the platform and the way we communicate in the diaspora. We are interested in the circulated stills, audio and moving images, commonly sent in WhatsApp Group Messages. Inspired by how our families interact with each other and the aesthetics of the images, videos, and voice notes, sent to one another. This project is a multi-layered exhibition including: a virtual discussion series, a virtual exhibition and a public window display visible from the street at Coaxial Arts Foundation’s Downtown Los Angeles location.

Follow Not Your Family WhatsApp at: IG: @n.y.f.wa

www.notyourfamilywhatsapp.com

Diaspora and ancestral heritage Sunday, September 5 – 7PM PST

Pouneh/SwanaLA: https://www.instagram.com/swanalosangeles

L.E. Brown: https://www.instagram.com/cyber.swana/

Dongwan Hong: https://www.hongdongwan.com

Amal Amer: https://amalamer.com

Archiving and art: Wednesday, September 8 – 7PM PST

Sherin Guirguis: https://www.instagram.com/sherin.guirguis.studio/

http://www.sheringuirguis.com

Andy Campbell: https://www.instagram.com/andycampy

Caitlin Abadir-Mullally: https://www.instagram.com/yallapunk/

www.caitlinabadirmullally.com

Archiving and art: Thursday, September 9 – 7PM PST

Yasmine Nasser Diaz:  https://www.instagram.com/yasmine.diaz/

Yasminediaz.com

Sarah Elawad & Nathan Davis, Water with Water:
https://www.instagram.com/water.with.water/

www.waterwithwater.com

Mental health and the digital realm: Monday, September 20 – 7PM PST

Madina Wardak:https://www.instagram.com/burqasandbeer/

Layla K. Feghali: https://www.riverroseremembrance.com

Zehra Ahmed: architect , designer , cultural curator, cook

https://www.instagram.com/zehrahmed/ / https://www.instagram.com/womxninwindows/

Futurism and science fiction: Monday, September 26 – 7PM PST

Jörg Matthias Determann:https://www.instagram.com/jmdetermann/

Hushidar Mortezaie: https://www.instagram.com/hushi5/

Zulfikar Ali Bhutto: https://www.instagram.com/zulfikaralibhutto/

https://www.instagram.com/faluda_islam/

Anum Awan: https://www.instagram.com/anumawan/

http://www.anumawan.com

Alia Ali: http://www.alia-ali.com/