The Wandering Gallery is proud to announce collaboration of with 8 Mediations Biennale Polska 2022 in Mosina and Wroclaw.
“We have created a system that prefer false information not because we want it, but false information makes companies more money than true. The truth is boring.”
Sandy Parakilas, former operations manager Facebook
In 2021, we met for the first time on a mass scale with hoaxes that not only endangered human lives, but also directly killed. The irresponsible behaviour of people spreading misinformation questioning the safe principles (social distancing, wearing robes, but also the existence of the virus) has been exacerbated by algorithms that determine the priority distribution of fake news. And we had no idea that in 2022 the war would begin in Ukraine and about 30% of the population in Slovakia would be on the side of the aggressor. The disinformation scene disseminating unsubstantiated and misleading information is not adequately counterbalanced by institutions that disseminate facts on social networks with comparable force. Being a victim of a disinformation war is relatively easy, especially when unprepared and uneducated people stand against troll farms and sophisticated social networking algorithms.
The Wandering Gallery is a nomadic public art platform (balcony built on a small truck) presenting contemporary art, music and workshops in regions (summer festivals, squares, housing estates, schools and). We focus on places where extremism grows uncontrollably, we talk to people for whom attending a cultural event or cultural institution is an unimaginable or unattainable luxury. In collaboration with international artists and through the metaphoric language of art we draw people’s attention playfully to the risks of extremism, racism, xenophobia and disinformation. The vision is to help people learn to think critically.
In cooperation with 8 Mediations Biennale Polska we will present concert and exhibition on a topic inspired by the work of activist group Kundy Crew.
