The Role of the Art in a Post-truth Society : The Visual Image in the Midst of the Crisis of the Veridiction Contract

Abstract

Post-truth describes the intentioned distortion of a reality to influence social attitudes, in which the appeals to emotions and personal beliefs prevail. How do this idea and this phenomenon affect visual art - and to what extent? Can artists take advantage of “emotional lies” to change the course of society led by the void of the post-truth?

Presenters

Mei-Hsin Chen
Associate Professor, ISSA School of Applied Management and School of Architecture, University of Navarra, Navarra, Spain

Details

Presentation Type

Online Lightning Talk

Theme

The Image in Society

KEYWORDS

POST-TRUTH, VISUAL ART, VISUAL IMAGE, CONTEMPORARY ART