Truth and Lies
12/01/2006
Art as a lie: art as a fabrication, a falsification. Outrageous claims, or barely conceivable ones?
Move the lies into the moral realm. Morally dubious claims? At what point does the lie of art become dangerous?
Truth claims/ credulity/ the artist as begetter of truth. Trust no-one. Truth, lie, fiction, reality, belief, faith, conviction, doubt, credulity, incredulity, honesty, dishonesty.
Illusion, deception, falsification, exaggeration, boastfulness, "bad faith".
The Righteous, the Faithful, True Believers, the Just, the True.
The "truth" of photography doesn't interest me. Images can be manipulated, as is well-known. What interests me is the context of a statement, and the degree to which one accepts the message. Believability.
Move the lies into the moral realm. Morally dubious claims? At what point does the lie of art become dangerous?
Truth claims/ credulity/ the artist as begetter of truth. Trust no-one. Truth, lie, fiction, reality, belief, faith, conviction, doubt, credulity, incredulity, honesty, dishonesty.
Illusion, deception, falsification, exaggeration, boastfulness, "bad faith".
The Righteous, the Faithful, True Believers, the Just, the True.
The "truth" of photography doesn't interest me. Images can be manipulated, as is well-known. What interests me is the context of a statement, and the degree to which one accepts the message. Believability.
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