Draft:Tutafarel
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Tutafarel (born Raphael Rosalen; March 7, 1996) is a Brazilian-born, Los Angeles-based multidisciplinary artist, author, and scholar.[1] His work spans electronic pop music, queer literature, and digital media studies, most notably through the multimedia project Monte Casanova (2025).[2]
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Early life and education
Rosalen was born in Rio Claro, São Paulo, Brazil, and raised in Piracicaba.[1] He began his higher education at Santa Monica College, where he won the President's Award at the 2015 Global Citizenship Symposium for his short film Be Color.[3]
He then transferred to the University of Southern California (USC), earning both a Bachelor of Arts and a Master of Arts in Cinema and Media Studies. At USC, he was named a 2018 Discovery Scholar Prize winner and served as President of the School of Cinematic Arts Undergraduate Council.[4] Additionally, he is a Fellow of the Sidney Harman Academy for Polymathic Study.[5]
Rosalen is currently a PhD candidate in Film and Media Studies at the University of California, Irvine, where his research focuses on celebrity culture, digital media, and virtual avatars.[6] Since 2022, he has served as the managing editor of the Journal of Cinema and Media Studies (JCMS), the official peer-reviewed journal of the Society for Cinema and Media Studies.[7]
Career
Before his musical debut, Rosalen worked in archival and research roles at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) and the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art.[1] At the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, he served as a metadata specialist for the "In Frame" project, a collaborative initiative to catalog underrepresented communities in film history.[8]
Music and Monte Casanova
Tutafarel began his musical career in 2020 with the audiovisual EP This Is The Digital, which was featured by the Brazilian magazine Quem for its blend of alternative music and electronic pop.[9] In 2024, he released the double EP FREUD AGAIN.. and FREUD AGAIN AND AGAIN.., which combined Brazilian rhythms with queer-studies themes; the release was covered by the Brazilian music portal Popline.[10]
In late 2025, he launched the multimedia project Monte Casanova, comprising a book, a serialized TikTok series titled The Nico Tapes, and a full-length album.[11] The project was conceptualized while Tutafarel was recovering from a road accident earlier that year.[12] The album blends Bossa Nova and Baile Funk with electronic pop and has received coverage from publications including Earmilk, Popdust, and The Big Takeover.[13]
In an interview regarding the project with Grindr, Tutafarel described his "Passenger Princess" persona as an exploration of "softness in a world that demands control," citing influences from filmmaker Agnès Varda and films including Thelma & Louise, The Perks of Being a Wallflower, and Lost in Translation.[14]
Literature
Tutafarel's debut book, Monte Casanova (2025), is a two-act queer tragedy published via Seventh Press. Described as a "modern tragedy about intimacy and image," the work is cataloged by the Library of Congress and anchors the lyrical themes found in his debut album.[15]
Discography
- This Is The Digital (EP, 2020)
- FREUD AGAIN.. (EP, 2024)
- FREUD AGAIN AND AGAIN.. (EP, 2024)
- Monte Casanova (LP, 2025)
Bibliography
- Monte Casanova (Seventh Press, 2025) ISBN 979-8-218-76249-0 LCCN 2025-917472