In LIARS, Henrike Iglesias and the artists Olivia Hyunsin Kim and Olympia Bukkakis deal with cases of cis-male violence against women and queer people and their amplification in social networks. The trial between US actors Johnny Depp and his ex-wife Amber Heard serves as one of many examples that mark a social backlash within discourses on sexualized and cis-male violence since #MeToo. LIARS is a narrative installation, immersive and accessible, in which the audience moves through an analog social media feed. Why are women and queers who talk about cis-male violence still (or again) so strongly mistrusted? How are social media tools being used to reinforce these social tendencies? And what role do we play as an audience?

by Henrike Iglesias

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