The Art of the Fake (DIG-0102)

Fall 2024 · DIG 0102 · Tufts University · 4 credits · Undergraduate

Hybrid studio / seminar course explores “the fake” as an artistic strategy and a cultural phenomenon. Learn 3D software (Cinema 4D, Photoshop) to create images and videos that appear convincingly photo-realistic, but have no correspondence to reality. Survey artists whose work involves forgery, false identity, sham narrative, artificial drama, pranks, white lies. Explore relationship between images and beliefs through seminar discussion of philosophical texts (Latour, Lacan, Flusser, Sontag). Consider “the fake” in both its negative dimensions (political manipulation) and positive (the generative power of imagination). Open to all levels. Non-SMFA students and MAT Art Education students will receive a letter grade.

Course codes: DIG-0102, DIG 0102, DIG0102, DIG-102, DIG 102, DIG102

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