Poster for tomorrow

Posted by Hervé Matine
on December 30th, 2019

We wish all of our friends and followers a happy and healthy 2020.

As a small token of our appreciation for your support (and patience with us) we would like to offer you the first announcement of our topic for next year’s edition of poster for tomorrow: Fake News.

Yes, really. Fake news. Check the calendar of key dates below.

We look forward to working on this topic with as many of you as possible in 2020.

All the best,

poster for tomorrow.

Competition Calendar:
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10 February: Brief published. Call for entries opens.
20 May: Competition closes.
20 July: Online judging begins.
10 September: Online judging finishes.
Mid October: Live Jury meets.
Spring 2021: Results published. Worldwide Biennale program announced.

FAKE NEWS!

Fake news might feel like a recent development that has only come to prominence since the election of one politician who shall not be named, but the practice of spreading rumours and misinformation is as old as the printed word.

People have always twisted the truth, or simply told lies, to get what they want (or change the world). But now we have the ability to share information faster and wider than ever before. It used to be only a few media outlets or government sources that could shape public thought, but now everyone can.

And unlike the media or government, none of us are held accountable for what we post. As there are few laws or fines that can be thrown at us for posting lies, there is no incentive to act responsibly in the public sphere. Get likes (or votes) first, worry about potential consequences later. If the self-styled leader of the free world can’t be held to account for regularly tweeting and spreading blatant untruths, then what stops everybody else from doing the same?