An exhibition exploring the history of “fake news” and falsification is currently being held in Budapest. Concepts that have existed since Antiquity.
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A traveling exhibition dedicated to the history of “fake news”. Welcome to “Fake for real” which is currently taking place in Budapest. Here, visitors are invited to think about how fake news is told or fake news is created, and for what purpose.
A visit through time which shows that these practices are not new.
“We begin the exhibition with a practice from antiquity, which was called the condemnation of memory. It was a practice by which people were tried to erase people from history. The exhibition is ends here in Budapest with an additional case study edited by our host, the Open Society Archives, which examines the case of Imre Nagy and how his name was erased from history until 1989.explains Simina Badica, Curator of the exhibition.
The interactive nature of the exhibition allows visitors to become fact-checkers themselves, with screens that allow them to decide what information should be censored or published.
The collection also explores historical cases where falsification was used for positive purposes. During the Holocaust, for example, thousands of lives were saved by fake ID cards and passports.
The “Fake for Real” exhibition is held in the Hungarian capital until February 16.
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