Just as the "PrintScreen" function captures a screenshot of your computer, the festival captures a contemporary screenshot of life in the epoch of new media.
We live in an age of “Fake it till you make it”, where we pretend that everything is all right, stay optimistic and proclaim that if we succeed, reality will follow. The Cheshire Cat told Alice in Wonderland: “Imagination is the only weapon in the war against reality.” And imagination works non-stop in this day and age in worlds that become more and more virtual.
What happens when the fake takes over reality? When the Instagram story is much more interesting than daily life? When it isn’t clear where the truth begins and the lie ends? What’s the place of technology in making up these illusions? How will the world look like when we can’t trust our own senses? Print Screen 2018 deals with the thin line between creation and falsehood, creativity and fraud, between fake and make with dozens of artists, scientists, designers, filmmakers and tech professionals from Israel and around the world.
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