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Meet the Artist: Rachel Maclean

If it looks like a duck, swims like a duck, and quacks like a duck, is it really duck?

 

Alongside the rich and diverse screening program of Ars Electronica Animation Festival, we are thrilled to announce that several artists awarded at Prix 2024 will be joining us at medSPACE and Deep Space 8k to present their work in person.

 

Rachel Maclean will introduce her daring deepfake short film DUCK, set in the iconic world of James Bond. Featuring Sean Connery and Marilyn Monroe, the AI-generated animation introduces the audience to a seemingly familiar, yet in fact never-before-seen reality, where the fixed definition of identity and the reliability of history and news are continuously questioned.

 

After the film, join us for a brief artist talk with Rachel Maclean, with whom we will explore the making of and motivations behind this witty yet unsettling display of deepfake mastery.

 

Photo: Magdalena Sick-Leitner

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Uploaded on September 6, 2024
Taken on September 6, 2024