Manipulating memories: Archives, history and deepfakes
In episode 5 of the Deepfakery series, artist/director Francesca Panetta and technologist Halsey Burgund of MIT, computational artist James Coupe, and WITNESS staff archivist Yvonne Ng discuss the implications of media manipulation for digital archiving and the ethics of creating deepfakes with the likeness of real people. The conversation is moderated by William Uricchio, who is Founder & Principal Investigator of the MIT Open Documentary Lab.
Deepfakery is a series of critical conversations exploring the intersection of satire, art, human rights, misinformation/disinformation, and journalism. Join WITNESS and the Co-Creation Studio at MIT Open Documentary Lab for interdisciplinary discussions with leading artists, activists, academics, film-makers and journalists.