In Search of the Truth | |
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Location | Worldwide |
Owner | The Cause Collective |
Founder | Ryan Alexiev Jim Ricks Hank Willis Thomas |
Established | 2011 |
Status | Active |
Website |
insearchofthetruth |
In Search of the Truth is an international, interactive public art project of a touring, inflatable recording booth called 'The Truth Booth'. [1] [2] [3] The Booth is a 16-foot-tall by 23-foot-wide speech bubble that permits visitors to record videos of themselves completing the sentence, "The truth is...". [4] [5] [6] It was established in 2011 as a collaboration between Ryan Alexiev, Hank Willis Thomas and Jim Ricks. [7] [8] [9]
Between fake news and fact checking, the truth has never been more contested, which makes this a very timely project.
The project was started in 2011 by artists Ryan Alexiev, Hank Willis Thomas and Jim Ricks. [11] Will Sylvester and, now deceased LGBTQ organizer, Jorge Sanchez had joined the project more recently. [12] [13] All are members of the artist collective Cause Collective. In 2011, the project was first shown at the Galway International Arts Festival in Ireland. [14] [15] It debuted in the US during the LOOK3 Festival of the Photograph in Charlottesville, VA in June 2012.
The project toured Afghanistan in 2013 in a partnership with Free Press Unlimited, a media development organization based in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, and 1TV (Afghan TV channel). [16] In 2016, it launched a 50-state tour of the United States before the 2016 United States presidential election. [17]
It has also appeared in South Africa, Australia, and in 2018 toured Mexico from Chiapas to Juarez visiting 20 locations under the name: En Busca de la Verdad. [18] [8] [19] The 'Booth', the Mexican videos, and a documentary about the 2018 tour are part of the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden's exhibition Manifesto: Art x Agency showing 2019 – 20. [20] [21] In Search of the Truth was exhibited as part of the Melbourne Fringe Festival in September of 2019 [22] [23] and in October of 2019 the project came to St. Louis and visited Ferguson. [24]
In Search of the Truth | |
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![]() | |
Location | Worldwide |
Owner | The Cause Collective |
Founder | Ryan Alexiev Jim Ricks Hank Willis Thomas |
Established | 2011 |
Status | Active |
Website |
insearchofthetruth |
In Search of the Truth is an international, interactive public art project of a touring, inflatable recording booth called 'The Truth Booth'. [1] [2] [3] The Booth is a 16-foot-tall by 23-foot-wide speech bubble that permits visitors to record videos of themselves completing the sentence, "The truth is...". [4] [5] [6] It was established in 2011 as a collaboration between Ryan Alexiev, Hank Willis Thomas and Jim Ricks. [7] [8] [9]
Between fake news and fact checking, the truth has never been more contested, which makes this a very timely project.
The project was started in 2011 by artists Ryan Alexiev, Hank Willis Thomas and Jim Ricks. [11] Will Sylvester and, now deceased LGBTQ organizer, Jorge Sanchez had joined the project more recently. [12] [13] All are members of the artist collective Cause Collective. In 2011, the project was first shown at the Galway International Arts Festival in Ireland. [14] [15] It debuted in the US during the LOOK3 Festival of the Photograph in Charlottesville, VA in June 2012.
The project toured Afghanistan in 2013 in a partnership with Free Press Unlimited, a media development organization based in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, and 1TV (Afghan TV channel). [16] In 2016, it launched a 50-state tour of the United States before the 2016 United States presidential election. [17]
It has also appeared in South Africa, Australia, and in 2018 toured Mexico from Chiapas to Juarez visiting 20 locations under the name: En Busca de la Verdad. [18] [8] [19] The 'Booth', the Mexican videos, and a documentary about the 2018 tour are part of the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden's exhibition Manifesto: Art x Agency showing 2019 – 20. [20] [21] In Search of the Truth was exhibited as part of the Melbourne Fringe Festival in September of 2019 [22] [23] and in October of 2019 the project came to St. Louis and visited Ferguson. [24]