MARIONETTE
An exhibition about the bizarre world of deep fakes

We live in a world in which the flow of information is so fast that it overtakes the truth.

This means that information is already available online before it has been checked for authenticity by a neutral authority. As a result, there is a danger that the public discourse has already been decided before all the facts have been checked.

The MARIONETTE exhibition is dedicated to this new phenomenon. The erosion of the moving image as the unfalsifiable final authority of truth.

The experience of staging:

Visitors:inside enter the hall and see a sky of tents hanging upside down from the ceiling. A soundscape of a rainstorm envelops the viewer in a safe atmosphere. The artists draw on memories of how beautiful a night in a tent can be when it rains.

The lightning in the tents is based on tracking data from the first rocket detonations on February 22, 2022. In a video clip, the viewer sees footage from a cell phone filmed from a high-rise building: flashes of the impacts light up on the horizon.

Although it soon becomes clear that the footage originates from Ukraine, it is wrongly attributed to the attacks on Aleppo.

Like a harbinger, these first images of war already reflect how disinformation will educate our society to a new way of thinking about information consumption.

Even though disinformation has always been used in wars in the past, it is now appearing for the first time in moving image clips. The authenticity and genuineness of video as a guarantor of truth is becoming vulnerable.

Are we facing a "truth crisis"?

Would a deepfake video of Tesla CEO Elon Musk announcing his resignation cause a sell-off of Tesla shares?

What happens to an open society that cannot agree on a common reality?

The installation makes tangible the fundamental problem that has an impact on deep fakes: The uncertain data situation.

The Berlin studio for sound experiences "kling klang klong" and "Künstler ohne Namen" have created an expansive light and sound installation.

Kling Klang Klong is known for productions at the Semperoper Dresden, the Elbphilharmonie or the sound scenography of the LUXEMBOURG PAVILION at EXPO 2020. In their work, they use technology to expand their artistic expression."

On several levels, the exhibition provides insights into the bizarre dark sides but also positive developments of deep fake technology that will shape our world in the coming years.