Don’t Believe the Hyperlink

Throughout history, new communication technologies have challenged our ability to discern truth from fiction. From the invention of language to the rise of the internet, each new medium has brought with it new opportunities for manipulation and deception.

As part of our non-fiction narrative lab programme, Deep Focus, Abandon Normal Devices, the Centre for Investigative Journalism (CIJ) and the Center for Artistic Inquiry and Reporting (CAIR), invite you to join us for an evening of short film screenings which explore the deceptively seductive nature of algorithmic recommendations and the online aesthetic methods employed to allure and manipulate our desires or fantasies.

From the playful and satirical to the critical and unsettling, these films will dissect and paint a portrait of a world where the boundaries between the real and the fabricated become increasingly porous, pushing us further into a post-post-post-truth era.

This screening will also be followed by a Q&A featuring artist Juliusz Grabianski.