Blurred Realities Events
Blurred Realities invites you to examine the dilemmas tied to dis/mis/information, artificial intelligence, and shifting perceptions of truth. This exhibition is not just about deception; it is about the ways our perceptions are shaped, guided, and sometimes manipulated. How do we determine what is real, what is imagined, and what is meant to deceive?
Join us for events that further explore the themes of the exhibition!
Visual Realities
Join us for a screening of Elysia marginata from New York City-based filmmakers Allyson Packer and Jesse Fisher. This genre-defying short film blends AI-generated content with documentary footage and virtual reality to craft a speculative narrative about human agency in a virtualizing world.
AI, Elections, and the Fight for Facts
As generative AI tools flood the internet with convincing fakes, political discourse faces a new kind of disruption. This conversation brings together experts in technology, media, and politics to explore how AI is reshaping propaganda, amplifying polarization, and challenging democratic resilience.
Queer Representation in AI Art
Join us for a multimedia performance in AI’s visual language that explores the “trap of visibility” facing transgender Americans amid 500+ anti-trans bills introduced in the past few years. Following the screening, stay for a dialogue about stereotype versus reality while imagining worlds emphasizing love, freedom, and inclusiveness.
Clones of the Dance
For decades, Peter Sparling, emeritus professor at U of M and alumnus of the Martha Graham Dance Company, filmed himself dancing against greenscreen, using chromakey effects to place his singular or multiplied figure into video landscapes.
Join us for a talk that combines spoken presentation with continuous video excerpts spanning four decades of screen-based work, followed by a Q&A facilitated by Professor Alexandria Davis and a light reception.
Blurred Realities Poetry Slam
Poets from MSU and the greater Lansing community will write and perform poetry about changing notions of authenticity and mis/dis/information in an era of AI and digital surrogates. They will compete for three cash prizes, and the top poets will be selected by community judges from the audience.
Museum of Alternative History
Join us and Professor Tim Guthrie of Creighton University for a guided tour and gallery talk in the Museum of Alternative History.
We will learn about the motivations to create this uncanny twilight zone of a natural history exhibit and how to recognize biased information, with an audience Q&A facilitated by Professor Michael Stamm.