{"id":63665,"date":"2026-03-23T11:05:20","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T11:05:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/?p=63665"},"modified":"2026-03-23T11:05:58","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T11:05:58","slug":"fake-encyclopaedia-entries-and-ai-weronika-gesicka-at-the-photographers-gallery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/fake-encyclopaedia-entries-and-ai-weronika-gesicka-at-the-photographers-gallery\/","title":{"rendered":"Fake encyclopaedia entries and AI: Weronika G\u0119sicka\u202fat the Photographers’ Gallery"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The shortlisted artists for the Deutsche B\u00f6rse Photography Foundation Prize 2026 are currently on display at the Photographers’ Gallery, and we\u00a0 loved the work by Polish artist Weronika G\u0119sicka\u202f.<\/p>\n

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Her work, entitled Encyclopaedia, draws on a phenomenon: fake entries intentionally inserted into encyclopaedias, dictionaries and lexicons, originally devised as traps to catch copyright violations or as a playful way for editors to leave their mark on the text.<\/p>\n

These fictitious facts, subtly contribute to the erosion of trust in sources once considered authoritative.<\/p>\n

In \u202fEncyclopaedia, G\u0119sicka presents several hundred of these fabricated definitions, sourced from historical publications she bought online.<\/p>\n

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By visually reinterpreting them using manipulated stock photos and AI-generated imagery, G\u0119sicka highlights the tension between truth and invention, as well as the fragile line between fact and fiction.<\/p>\n

In a world saturated with information, where news, advertising, and fiction increasingly overlap, how can we distinguish what is \u2018real\u2019?<\/p>\n

It’s funny, compelling and raises the question: With AI-generated content becoming a norm and images being easily altered, the project asks: what happens when even a single error appears in a source we trust?<\/p>\n