----------empyre- soft-skinned space---------------------- Thanks so much for this conversation, and I wanted to make a closing note.
As someone who made some questionable media with various Hoaxters, I sometimes have mixed feelings abou the current situation. And with Renate's comments, I keep forgetting that the notion that Fake News is the practice of altering objective reality for local agendas, whichis fundamentally corrosive to the Western tradition, and I would like to think the world one. It makes me think that in postmodernism and speculative realism, we like to adopt cool positions questioning Truth, but some sort of veracity is essential as a common currency. And in my experience, there is an important distinction to make; the difference between Parody - a gesture meant to invite ridicule Satire - a gesture meant to ridicule a person or institution's shortcomings Hoax - Satire meant to ridicule institutions through detournement Fake News - Detournement meant to question objective reality for political,social or institutional gain. The hoax is related to Fake News, but it is ostensibly meant to be unveiled in order to create satire, but then that derailing of reality is the goal, the entire enterprise is in danger. I'm in favor of chaos, but I'm not letting go of Truth. Thanks, -P -----Original Message----- From: empyre-boun...@lists.artdesign.unsw.edu.au [mailto:empyre-boun...@lists.artdesign.unsw.edu.au] On Behalf Of Renate Terese Ferro Sent: Tuesday, July 11, 2017 1:51 PM To: soft_skinned_space <empyre@lists.artdesign.unsw.edu.au> Subject: [-empyre-] closing out Fake News ----------empyre- soft-skinned space---------------------- My apology for not finishing off last month’s discussion last week. I took some time off for the Us holiday more importantly to regroup. I hope you will all forgive me. To close out last months discussion I want to thanks Lindsay Kelley, Anna Munster, Mark Marino, Talan Memmott, Kevin Hamilton, Byron Rich, Randall Parker, Ana Vales for being guests during our month long discussion on Fake News. Globally fake news has intensified as not just a western phenomenon. Fake news has intensified globally in 2017 and continues to do so. This past month provided us an opportunity to connect in with global events as they were unfolding. Randall made a pressing point that sums up the month’s sentiments: <snip> I see the developing fake news issue as the catalyst of a much greater problem: the intentional distortion of reality for the purpose of gaining political control. Fake news is a means to an end, what happens when morally bankrupt demagogues are in pursuit of absolute power. To this end, it beholds us to construct critical “weapons” that we can use to deconstruct and defuse this diabolical fakery, and it is my hope, that during this next week, the empyre list can serve as both a virtual roundtable for discussion, as well as a space for developing tactical methods we can employ as media artists, theorists, and educators in our everyday lives and work.” <snip> Thanks to Lindsay and Anna for sharing for sharing their event at the University of New South Wales, “ FAKE NEWS from the Art and Politics Bureau” and to Patrick Lichty as well for sharing his own work and perspective from the Middle East. Thanks to the other artists who shared their own work and the writers who also shared their perspectives. Let’s agree to tactically to “deconstruct” and “defuse.” Many thanks to all of you as we move onward. Best. Renate Renate Ferro Visiting Associate Professor Director of Undergraduate Studies Department of Art Tjaden Hall 306 rfe...@cornell.edu _______________________________________________ empyre forum empyre@lists.artdesign.unsw.edu.au http://empyre.library.cornell.edu _______________________________________________ empyre forum empyre@lists.artdesign.unsw.edu.au http://empyre.library.cornell.edu
