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SUMMARY:FACT: FACT: How much of this is fiction
DESCRIPTION:\nHow much of this is fiction:\nExploring the radical shift in 
 the boundary between fiction and reality in a world increasingly governed 
 by ‘post-truth’ politics.\n--\n\n\nAt the heart of How much of this i
 s fiction. is the desire to address one of today’s most urgent politica
 l issues: a radical shift in the boundary between fiction and reality in 
 public discourse\, in a world increasingly governed by ‘post-truth’ po
 litics.\n\nAs well as acting as a timely reflection on the nature of truth
  in a time filled with fake news\, misinformation\, and tactical propagand
 a\, the show also serves a historical purpose. Many of the high speed medi
 a interventions in the show are to a degree legacies of ‘Tactical Media
 ’: a cultural and political movement that flourished briefly in the late
  90s. Tactical Media was the first to combine the power of art\, the pract
 ices of the PR and advertising world\, and an experimental approach to dig
 ital media\, to mount hit-and-run interventions in the media sphere.\n\nHo
 w much of this is fiction. will show how the legacies of this DIY media m
 ovement remain all around us. Whether it be the social media meme tactics
  of political extremists\, the live streaming of police shootings to socia
 l and mainstream media platforms around the world\, Trump’s midnight twe
 ets\, the exposure of the surveillance state through Snowden’s actions\,
  or information unveiled by Wikileaks\, it is clear that the critical role
  of “do it yourself” media politics is as crucial as ever.\n\n\n\nHigh
 lights include 3D print technology used as a tool for both resistance and 
 documentation following the destruction by ISIS\, a striking\, sculptural 
 1:1 reproduction of Assange’s office at the Ecuadorian embassy\, and a h
 oax from The Yes Men hinting to the shooting in Orlando and the response a
 nd attitude of the NRA\, by stating on a fake online store that handguns w
 ill be donated to at-risk American citizens in the urban center of their c
 hoice\, as a next step in the ongoing efforts of the NRA to ‘spread the 
 freedom and security that come from gun ownership\, and their commitment e
 nsuring that every American regardless of income can exercise their Second
  Amendment rights’.\n\n
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