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Zwischen Realität und Künstlichkeit: Die politische Symbolik von Mode im digitalen Zeitalter

Pegah Musawi

März 2025

Burg Giebichenstein Kunsthochschule Halle

Description

In the digital world, the boundaries between the real and the artificial are increasingly blurred. With the ongoing development of deepfakes and AI-generated content, it is becoming ever more difficult to distinguish between authentic and manipulated media. This raises profound questions: To what extent does this new visual culture influence our understanding of truth and authenticity? How are social media and AI changing our view of fashion, political activism and social movements?

As part of my collection, I have explored how political-symbolic clothing can be reimagined in the digital age. If fashion is a medium that captures the cultural and political spirit of the times and connects people within social movements, the question arises of how it can be political without being superficial. At the centre of my examination is how the digital consumption of social media is changing the perception of fashion.