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How much of this is fiction.
How much of this is fiction. focuses on politically inspired media art that uses deception in all its forms, and will be showing at HeK from 23 March 2017.
At the heart of the exhibition is the desire to address one of today鈥檚 most urgent political issues: the radical shift in the boundary between fiction and reality in public discourse, in a world increasingly governed by 鈥榩ost-truth鈥� politics. How much of this is fiction. shows the artist as 鈥榙ark jester鈥�, as trickster, using a variety of hoaxes, hacks and ruses to reveal the hidden workings of power structures and the possibility of alternative futures.
As well as acting as a timely reflection on the nature of truth in a time filled with fake news, misinformation, and tactical propaganda, the show also serves a historical purpose. Many of the high-speed media interventions showcased in the show are, to a degree, legacies of 鈥楾actical Media鈥�; a cultural and political movement that flourished in the late 90s. Tactical Media was the first to combine the power of art, the practices of PR and advertising worlds, and an experimental approach to digital media, to mount hit-and-run interventions in the media sphere aiming to create chaos as a means of generating political opportunity.
How much of this is fiction. will show how the influence of this media movement remains all around us. Whether it be the social media meme tactics of political extremists, the live streaming of police shootings to social and mainstream media platforms around the world, Trump鈥檚 midnight tweets, the exposure of the surveillance state through Snowden鈥檚 actions, or information unveiled by Wikileaks, it is clear that the critical role of 鈥渄o it yourself鈥� media politics is as crucial as ever.
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How much of this is fiction. focuses on politically inspired media art that uses deception in all its forms, and will be showing at HeK from 23 March 2017.
At the heart of the exhibition is the desire to address one of today鈥檚 most urgent political issues: the radical shift in the boundary between fiction and reality in public discourse, in a world increasingly governed by 鈥榩ost-truth鈥� politics. How much of this is fiction. shows the artist as 鈥榙ark jester鈥�, as trickster, using a variety of hoaxes, hacks and ruses to reveal the hidden workings of power structures and the possibility of alternative futures.
As well as acting as a timely reflection on the nature of truth in a time filled with fake news, misinformation, and tactical propaganda, the show also serves a historical purpose. Many of the high-speed media interventions showcased in the show are, to a degree, legacies of 鈥楾actical Media鈥�; a cultural and political movement that flourished in the late 90s. Tactical Media was the first to combine the power of art, the practices of PR and advertising worlds, and an experimental approach to digital media, to mount hit-and-run interventions in the media sphere aiming to create chaos as a means of generating political opportunity.
How much of this is fiction. will show how the influence of this media movement remains all around us. Whether it be the social media meme tactics of political extremists, the live streaming of police shootings to social and mainstream media platforms around the world, Trump鈥檚 midnight tweets, the exposure of the surveillance state through Snowden鈥檚 actions, or information unveiled by Wikileaks, it is clear that the critical role of 鈥渄o it yourself鈥� media politics is as crucial as ever.
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