about us

we are a collective and zine project based in Tokyo initiated by aliwen (curator, artist, researcher), Hanna Hirakawa (curator, translator), and Chloe Paré (visual artist, researcher). the project brings together our shared fields of inquiry including gender and media, critical materialities, and sensory ethnography. we interweave our perspectives grounded on our specialized knowledges and personal experiences and through the publication of zines, we aim to start conversations around ecology, queerness, and randomness.

contact us noboruvalley@gmail.com





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