[spectre] Deepfake Porn as Far-Right Gender Phantasms - Meetup - Sept 4 Berlin

[Tatiana Bazzichelli]

Dear all,

I would like to invite you to the talk & workshop we are organising on 4 
September from 19:00 at nGbK (Karl-Liebknecht-Str. 11/13, 10178 Berlin). 
With Katrien Jacobs (Adjunct Associate Professor in Cultural Studies at 
the Chinese University of Hong Kong, BE) and I. M. (Mathematician & AI 
Researcher, NL/DE).

Since far-right leaders are weaponising conspiracy theories and "gender 
phantasms", including a full denial of gender identities and LGBTQ 
rights, how can porn movies fortify these claims? As a strictly censored 
yet resilient media trend, why is deepfake technology being used by 
anonymous creators to "fornicate" with democracy while eroding the 
livelihood of gender, sex and porn cultures?

Some additional information:

Talk: 19:00-20.00, September 4

Deepfake technology is a form of Artificial Intelligence that creates 
video and aural content by synthetically merging recorded faces, facial 
expressions, and speech patterns onto other videos. The technology is 
commonly used to modify the statements and performances of political 
leaders and celebrities as political satire and/or artistic 
experimentation and has also become a widely used tool of fake news and 
disinformation. The commodification of deepfake technology has led to 
large quantities of sexualized deepfakes featuring politicians, 
celebrities or activists. Sex scenes and facial data are stolen and 
synthesized for pleasure and entertainment, and then repackaged as 
hate-media intended to impact and silence public figures. In this talk 
and workshop, we will try to find out to which extent such deepfakes can 
be seen as an aspect of far-right “fashy” media culture.

Workshop: 20:00-21.00, September 4

Since non-consensual deepfake content as hate-media has become a 
widespread practice, the workshop will ask participants to reimagine and 
reinvent common AI and deepfake content with focus on gender inclusivity 
and queer creativity. Would it be possible to develop inclusive and 
artistic deepfake content that is made with ethical standards, which 
means that the actors/actresses and deepfake figures or personalities 
had to give written consent for their facial, aural, or bodily features 
to be used? The workshop will invite people to deepfake consider tech 
experiments and debates regarding sexual experimentation and otherness.

No technical skills or equipment needed.

The event is free, but given the sensitive subject matter, it would be 
important to register and attend (not streamed):
https://tickets.disruptionlab.org/

More info: https://www.disruptionlab.org/event/deepfake-phantasms

-- Check also our upcoming conferences:
Hacking Alienation: Migrant Power, Art & Tech
Sept 21–22 2024
https://www.disruptionlab.org/hacking-alienation

Investigating the Kill Cloud: Information Warfare, Autonomous Weapons & 
AI · 10 Years Disruption Network Lab
29.11–1.12.2024
https://www.disruptionlab.org/investigating-the-kill-cloud

All the best,

Tatiana

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Tatiana Bazzichelli // Artistic Director
Disruption Network Lab
https://www.disruptionlab.org/
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