Panel: Beyond Evidence. Finding Sources, Questioning Truth

TRUTH-TELLERS: The Impact of Speaking Out. The 10th event of the Disruption Network Lab. Panel: Beyond Evidence. Finding Sources, Questioning Truth with Jack Werner (investigative journalist, SE), Hans Bernhard / UBERMORGEN (artist, CH/USA/AT) Carmen Weisskopf and Domagoj Smoljo / !Mediengruppe Bitnik (artists, CH/DE). Moderated by Tatiana Bazzichelli (Director of the Disruption Network Lab, IT/DE). If we consider truth-telling as the act of providing clear facts and evidence, which is a keen discourse within whistleblowing, what happens if we question the concept of truth itself, by analysing how Internet culture works? The challenge becomes to investigate those obscure parts of the Internet that are fed by "fakelore" (as a combination of fake, and folklore), as well as artistic projects that question a single perspective of understanding and bring along multiple truths. Hans Bernhard, co-founder of the artist project UBERMORGEN together with lizvlx, will tell us about the (true or false?) stories of discovering whistle-blower Edward Snowden at the Vienna International Airport escaping from Hong Kong, as well as Facts, Truth, Fake, and consensual hallucinations; Carmen Weisskopf and Domagoj Smoljo /!Mediengruppe Bitnik will present, among others, their project “Delivery for Mr. Assange” as a SYSTEM_TEST and a Live Mail Art Piece broadcasted in the Internet through a camera, as well as other projects about the hidden side of the Internet. Finally, investigative journalist Jack Werner, author of the book Creepypasta: Ghost stories from the Internet (2014), will open up the discourse to “fakelore”, by discussing the impact of viral storytelling and source trust in online journalism and culture. www.disruptionlab.org/truth-tellers (http://www.disruptionlab.org/truth-tellers) Photo: Maria Silvano Produced by Voice Republic For more podcasts visit http://voicerepublic.com