_Deep Reckonings

Deep Reckonings is a series of explicitly-marked deepfake videos that imagine morally courageous versions of our public figures. We get to see the likes of Mark Zuckerberg confront his techno-utopianism, and Brett Kavanaugh wrestle with the way he responded to the sexual allegations against him. Deep Reckonings videos make explicit that they’re fake, and the project exists in dialogue with the broader conversation about the ethics of synthetic media. The project seeks not to deceive nor demean, but to imagine and inspire. In this spirit, Deep Reckonings explores the question: how might we use our synthetic selves to elicit our better angels?

Or more simply: how might we deepfake it ‘til we make it?