Just like a 5G vaccination, we shoot straight into your bloodstream and leave your body only when The Great Reset is complete and all the pizzas are gone. In the coming weeks, there is only one medium that really matters: GOGBOT Festival 2021, under the slogan Time to Recalibrate Reality, will bring about the real truth with an activist programme full of art, talks, performances and workshops.
Staying home means staying behind!
GOGBOT brings legendary computer artist Robert Henke to Enschede. On Saturday, 11/09, Henke will control a lineup of five Commodore computers from the 1980s to create a retro-futuristic audiovisual work.
GOGBOT FESTIVAL 2021
9 – 12 September, Enschede
Just like a 5G vaccination, we shoot straight into your bloodstream and leave your body only when The Great Reset is complete and all the pizzas are gone. In the coming weeks, there is only one medium that really matters: GOGBOT Festival 2021, under the slogan Time to Recalibrate Reality, will bring about the real truth with an activist programme full of art, talks, performances and workshops. Staying home means staying behind!
A complete Infocalypse is at hand. Fake news, deepfakes, conspiracy theories and the manipulation of (dis)information by governments, companies and individuals are an acute danger to humanity. Because if we no longer know what is real, how can we as a society adequately respond to world-threatening crises such as climate disruption and unbridled capitalism?
Don’t be afraid, there is still hope! GOGBOT, annual festival for groundbreaking art & technology, takes up arms for the shared truth. Under the battlecry Time to Recalibrate Reality, various activist manifestations, workshops, a symposium, anti-fascist gymnastics sessions and exhibitions will take place from 9 to 12 September throughout Enschede, giving you the tools to resist the Infocalypse; fear will make way for action.
GOGBOT FESTIVAL 2021
9 – 12 September, Enschede
GOGBOT 2021 dives into the world of fake news, deepfakes, and conspiracy theories.
Four days of exhibitions, performances, presentations, and discussions focus on the post-truth society. What is it? Where does it come from? How do we stop it from tearing our community apart?
We look at fake news as big business, bad politics, and intricate fantasies. The world is addicted to all.
Fake news and deepfakes tap into our weaknesses. They abuse our desire for simplicity: we are given Unbelievable Truths where there are none. They abuse our tendency to doubt: certainties sell. They abuse our fears: fake news gives the illusion of power, the power of knowledge. But most of all, they abuse our desire to escape reality: reality is turned into a game, and the game is on us. Will we ever be able to turn it around?
INFOCALYPSE NOW – Time To Recalibrate Reality / GOGBOT 2021 offers information therapy. Opt for shock therapy or mindfulness in the exhibitions, or choose cognitive therapy and analytical training in the symposium and talks.
