Pre-recorded Sessions: From 4 December 2020 | Live Sessions: 10 – 13 December 2020
4 – 13 December 2020
Q&A for In Event of Moon Disaster
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Q&A for In Event of Moon Disaster
Author(s)/Presenter(s):
Francesca Panetta, MIT Center for Advanced Virtuality, United States of America
Halsey Burgund, independent, MIT Open Documentary Lab, United States of America
Omer Ben-Ami, Canny AI, Israel
Alex Serdiuk, Respeecher, Ukraine
Grant Reaber, Respeecher, Ukraine
Dmytro Bielievtsov, Respeecher, Ukraine
Francesca Panetta, MIT Center for Advanced Virtuality, United States of America
Halsey Burgund, independent, United States of America
MIT Center for Advanced Virtuality, MIT Center for Advanced Virtuality, United States of America
Abstract: In July 1969, much of the world celebrated the “giant leap for mankind” that the successful moon landing constituted. In 2020, nothing is quite so straightforward. In Event of Moon Disaster illustrates the possibilities of deepfake technologies by reimagining this seminal event. What if the Apollo 11 mission had gone wrong and the astronauts had not been able to return home? A contingency speech for this possibility was prepared, but never delivered by President Nixon – until now. The immersive project invites you into this alternative history and asks us all to consider how new technologies can bend, redirect and obfuscate the truth around us.
