'Edited by Carody Culver, Griffith Review 79 questions how we discern what’s real and what’s not in a time of influencers and identity scams, counterfeits and cosmetic surgeries, disinformation, fake news and threats to democracy.
'From the imitation game and the uncanny valley to con artistry, trickery and sleights of hand, artifice makes the world go round – but is everything as it seems? And does it matter? Or should we all sit back, relax and embrace the ecstasy of the unreal?'(Publication summary)
Only literary material within AustLit's scope individually indexed. Other material in this issue includes:
The future is hackable Apocalypse and euphoria in a deepfake world by Anna Broinowski
From Russia with love : Fake news and the Bolshevik ‘socialisation of women’
by Jeff Sparrow
Rogues’ gallery : Art and the bureaucratisation of novelty by Kasumi Borczyk
The trick that tells the truth : Unmasking corporate counterfeit by David Ritter
About face : Under the skin of the cosmetic surgery industry by Phillipa McGuinness
No name for the country : &Wのない国 by Declan Fry
Will we dance when it’s over? : Fortnite and the colourful end of empathy by Oliver Reeson
Art, AI and figuring the future — Luke Buckmaster
The money shot — Maree Crabbe & David Corlett
Outside, Mona Lisa — Ben Walter
Tell me a story — Martine Kropkowski
The Wrestling of Art by Lawdenmarc Decamora
A passing phase : Thirty years of Regurgitator by Ian Powne & Quan Yeomans & Ben Ely
Strike a pose : Seeing the world in portrait mode by Yvonne Todd & Carody Culver