Museum of Truth & Lies is an audio podcast guiding you through a virtual museum that exists everywhere and nowhere. Enter a labyrinth of imaginary galleries to explore why truth-telling matters in museums. Hear artists and activists reflect on how museums grapple with the most pressing themes of our times.
Museum of Truth and Lies
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Museum of Truth & Lies is an audio podcast guiding you through a virtual museum that exists everywhere and nowhere. Enter a labyrinth of imaginary galleries to explore why truth-telling matters in museums. Hear artists and activists reflect on how museums grapple with the most pressing themes of our times.
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8/22/2024
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August 25, 2024
Tomorrow Zone
<p><strong>Museums and AI: Dr Oonagh Murphy</strong>, Senior Lecturer in Digital Culture & Society at Goldsmith’s University, shares her visionary insights about how Artificial Intelligence is shaping the future of storytelling in museums. Can curators use AI to stop misinformation?</p> <p>#AI #Archives #Datasets #Innovation</p> <p><br></p> <p>EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS</p> <ul> <li><p>What drives Oonagh’s interest in AI?</p> </li> <li><p>Making an ethical AI toolkit for museums. </p> </li> <li><p>Which museums are using AI well?</p> </li> <li><p>Funding innovative practice. </p> </li> <li><p>Benefits of museums experimenting with AI </p> </li> <li><p>Demystifying datasets.</p> </li> <li><p>Risks for museums using AI. </p> </li> <li><p>How will AI impact curating? </p> </li> <li><p>What gets Oonagh out of bed and keeps her awake at night?</p> </li> <li><p>Bridging Responsible AI Divides (BRAID) with Arts Council England</p> </li> <li><p>Oonagh’s challenge for Yasmin.</p> </li> </ul> <p>Hosted by @YasminCurates in conversation with @OonaghTweets</p> <p><strong>Do you believe everything you see in museums? Share your thoughts and museum photos online via #MuseumTruthLies.</strong></p> <p><strong>Follow </strong><a href="https://linktr.ee/museumtruthlies"><strong>https://linktr.ee/museumtruthlies</strong></a><strong> </strong></p> <p><strong>Recommended resources</strong></p> <ul> <li><p>MOTL Muse-Zine <a href="https://muse-zine.xyz">https://muse-zine.xyz</a> </p> </li> <li><p>AI: A Museum Planning Toolkit<strong> </strong><a href="https://themuseumsai.network/toolkit">https://themuseumsai.network/toolkit</a> </p> </li> <li><p>Developing a Responsible AI Innovation Framework for the subsidised arts and culture sector, with Arts Council England <a href="https://braiduk.org/developing-a-responsible-ai-innovation-framework-for-the-subsidised-arts-and-culture-sector-with-arts-council-england">https://braiduk.org/developing-a-responsible-ai-innovation-framework-for-the-subsidised-arts-and-culture-sector-with-arts-council-england</a> </p> </li> </ul> <p><strong>CREDITS:</strong> Host and scriptwriter, Yasmin Khan; Executive Producer, Marie Horner; Composer, Helen A. Wilson; Sound Design, Lucy Dearlove (supported by Lucia Scazzoccio).</p> <p>SPONSORS: Art South Asia Project and ZVM Rangoonwala Foundation</p>
August 25, 2024
Bonus Episode
<p><strong>SNAKES & LADDERS DEMO:</strong> Yasmin Khan invites Subhadra Das to play a game of Snakes & Ladders with a twist. The classic board game is brought to life with a bespoke deck of playing cards.</p> <p>With each dice roll, they discuss controversies that have inspired MOTL’s six pillars of truth-telling, a co-created diagnostic tool summarised as WISDOM: </p> <ol> <li><p>Whose Voice, 2) Information Integrity, 3) Source, 4) Design, 5) Object story and 6) Museum context.</p> </li> </ol> <p>This episode can be used as an interactive audio guide to play the Snakes & Ladders game featured at the end of the Muse-Zine. Have fun!</p> <p>#Collections #Provenance #Ethics #Power #Bias #Orientalism</p> <p>EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS</p> <ol> <li><p>Indian origins of Snakes & Ladders </p> </li> <li><p>WISDOM manifesto</p> </li> <li><p>Game commences </p> </li> <li><p>Subhadra highlights some juicy case-studies and shares ideas for the blank cards </p> </li> </ol> <p>Hosted by @YasminCurates in conversation with @Sub_das (Insta)/ @littlegaudy (X). </p> <p><strong>Do you believe everything you see in museums? Share your thoughts and museum photos via #MuseumTruthLies.</strong></p> <p><strong>Follow </strong><a href="https://linktr.ee/museumtruthlies"><strong>https://linktr.ee/museumtruthlies</strong></a><strong> </strong></p> <p>CREDITS: Host, scriptwriter and editor, Yasmin Khan; Executive Producer, Marie Horner; Composer, Helen A. Wilson; Sound Design, Lucy Dearlove (supported by Lucia Scazzoccio).</p> <p>Funding partners: Art South Asia Project and ZVM Rangoonwala Foundation</p> <p><strong>Recommended resources</strong><br>MOTL Muse-Zine <a href="https://muse-zine.xyz">https://muse-zine.xyz</a> </p>
August 25, 2024
Changemaking Studio
<p><strong>Curating naked truths:</strong> Tate Modern’s Director Emerita, <strong>Frances Morris </strong>appears alongside the <strong>Guerilla Girls </strong>who are a feminist artist collective from New York City that formed in 1985. They share subversive anecdotes of transforming patriarchal representations of women in museums and debate why museums are not neutral.</p> <p><strong>Episode highlights</strong></p> <ul> <li><p>Do museums tell the truth? </p> </li> <li><p>Censorship and missing stories</p> </li> <li><p>Truth-telling advice for artists and curators </p> </li> </ul> <p>#Tate #Gallery #Art #Activism #Change #HumanRights #Advocacy #cancelculture #censorship #culturewars #socialjustice</p> <p>Hosted by @YasminCurates in conversation with @GuerillaGirls and Frances Morris @Tate </p> <p><strong>Do you believe everything you see in museums? Share your thoughts and museum photos via #MuseumTruthLies.</strong></p> <p>CREDITS: Host and scriptwriter, Yasmin Khan; Executive Producer, Marie Horner; Composer, Helen A. Wilson; Sound Design, Lucy Dearlove (supported by Lucia Scazzoccio).</p> <p>SPONSORS: Art South Asia Project and ZVM Rangoonwala Foundation</p> <p><strong>Recommended resources</strong></p> <p>Guerrilla Girls reveal enduring inequalities in museums and galleries at Whitechapel Gallery (2016), by Yasmin Khan, Museums + Heritage Advisor <a href="https://museumsandheritage.com/advisor/insights/guerilla-girls-reveal-enduring-inequalities-in-museums-and-galleries-at-whitechapel-gallery/">https://museumsandheritage.com/advisor/insights/guerilla-girls-reveal-enduring-inequalities-in-museums-and-galleries-at-whitechapel-gallery/</a> </p> <p>Tate Modern <a href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/art-terms/g/guerrilla-girls">https://www.tate.org.uk/art/art-terms/g/guerrilla-girls</a> </p> <p>Guerilla Girls <a href="http://www.guerrillagirls.com">www.guerrillagirls.com</a> </p> <p>Guerrilla Girls – 'You Have to Question What You See' | Artist Interview | TateShots (2019) <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8uKg7hb2yoo">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8uKg7hb2yoo</a></p> <p>The White Pube <a href="https://thewhitepube.co.uk/">https://thewhitepube.co.uk/</a> </p>
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