Jonas Staal: Propaganda Art in the 21st Century (Machine Listening)

Terms such as “fake news” and “alternative facts” have become common vocabulary in the so-called post-truth era. But there is a sense in which these are just contemporary iterations of a familiar phenomenon: propaganda. Propaganda is not merely concerned with sending messages – its aim is to construct reality as such. In this episode visual artist Jonas Staal elaborates on what he describes as today’s arena of the propaganda (art) struggle. https://liquidarchitecture.org.au/events/jonas-staal-propaganda-art-in-the-21st-century Jonas Staal: Propaganda Art in the 20th Century (Machine Listening) Machine Listening 17 February, 2020 Melbourne Law School, Carlton Presented by Melbourne Law School, Curatorial Practice at Monash University and Liquid Architecture. Audio: Mara Schwerdtfeger Image: Jonas Staal LIQUID ARCHITECTURE is an Australian organisation for artists working with sound. LA investigates the sounds themselves, but also the ideas communicated about, and the meaning of, sound and listening.