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Spectre is an immersive installation that subverts many of the technologies and methods used in the Digital Influence Industry.

2019 Bill Posters,Daniel Howe
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“Spectre was created to explore the tensions that exist concerning the logics of dataism and surveillance capitalism on privacy, truth and democracy. Spectre explores computational forms of propaganda by subverting many of the technologies and methods commonly used by the ad tech industry to influence people’s behaviours – both online and in the voting booth.”

Bill Posters, Author and Producer

Spectre is an immersive installation that subverts many of the technologies and methods used in the Digital Influence Industry by tech giants, advertising/marketing firms, and political campaign groups. The project is named after the online persona of Dr. Aleksandr Kogan, the data scientist that sold 87 million Facebook profiles to Cambridge Analytica.

As part of Spectre, co-creators Bill Posters and Daniel Howe collaborated with AI technology start-ups to create AI-generated ‘deep fake’ celebrities including Kim Kardashian, Freddy Mercury, Donald Trump, Marcel Duchamp, and more.

 

Project at a Glance :

Language : EN
Country : United Kingdom
Year : 2019
Author : Bill Posters,Daniel Howe
Producer : Bill Posters
Team : CannyAI,Dr. Areeb Alowisheq,Dr. Gavin Grindon,Psychometrics Centre (Cambridge University),Reflect,Respeecher
Developers : Aaron Albinson,Daniel Howe,Joseph Allen
Topics : Artificial Intelligence,Arts and Culture,Dataism,Democracy,Privacy and Surveillance,Religion and Spirituality
Technologies : Artificial intelligence,Machine learning,Psychometric (OCEAN) profiling,Psychometrics Centre API,Touchscreen,Video
Techniques : Immersive,Installation
Exhibition Venues : Sheffield Doc/Fest
Awards & Nominations : Sheffield Doc/Fest 'Alternate Realities' Commission winner 2019
Budget Range : $100K+ (in kind developer & partner support),$40K (spent)
Funders AND Incubators : Arts Council England,British Council,MUTEK,Site Gallery
Trailer :

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