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Short Tales of Fakery | Pablo Garcia | TEDxVienna

1,206 views · Published 29 November 2017 · 16:13 · Indexed 23 September 2026

Channel: TEDx Talks · 2017 · Nonprofits & Activism

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What do we mean when we call something fake? Lies? Hoax? Misinformation, spin, satire, mistake, counterfeit? Not all fakes are created equal. #FAKENEWS has the world debating the nature of truth and facts. What does “fake” mean now? Is “fake” universally bad, or are there benevolent fakes? Pablo, an artist and professor working at the intersection of art and technology, will take you down the rabbit hole of contemporary fakery, its precedents, and a quick tour of the undisputed capital of fakes: Shenzhen, China. Pablo Garcia is Associate Professor in Contemporary Practices at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Born in 1975, Garcia was in college when the first internet browser launched. Composite training in traditional analog and then-nascent digital technologies inspired a research practice into the intersection and overlap of art and technology, obsolescence and the cutting edge, the real and the virtual. Garcia’s work ranges from scholarly contributions to art historical studies to contemporary artworks examining digital culture. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx

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