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Re:50 years ago, an artist convincingly exhibited a fake Iro... by the_af on Tuesday November 08, 2022 @07:25AM (#33518324)
In case anyone is wondering: this wasn't a scam, but an art exhibit in an art museum about an openly fake civilization, done by an artist with mostly repurposed "found" objects.

The "convincingly exhibited" of the title is misleading. It wasn't about deceiving people, it was about world-building. It wasn't shown at a history museum.

It wasn't a hoax, but more of an artistic "mockumentary" for a made up civilization. Almost borgean...

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Re:50 years ago, an artist convincingly exhibited a fake Iro... by rtanks on Tuesday November 08, 2022 @07:46AM (#33518434)
Agree
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Re:50 years ago, an artist convincingly exhibited a fake Iro... by ispo on Tuesday November 08, 2022 @07:57AM (#33518493)
Borges and his men in that strange city...
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Re:50 years ago, an artist convincingly exhibited a fake Iro... by duxup on Tuesday November 08, 2022 @08:36AM (#33518774)
That makes more sense as the detail and volume of information indicated in the article seems like more than I would expect.
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Re:50 years ago, an artist convincingly exhibited a fake Iro... by MarcelOlsz on Tuesday November 08, 2022 @11:01AM (#33520446)
F for Fake by Orson Welles is in the same vein. Still don't know if it's a fiction or non-fiction.
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Re:50 years ago, an artist convincingly exhibited a fake Iro... by xhkkffbf on Tuesday November 08, 2022 @11:15AM (#33520625)
Perhaps not an outright scam, but the tax-free structure of Cornell and much of the art world is certainly a benefit that most normal people and businesses don't enjoy.
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Re:50 years ago, an artist convincingly exhibited a fake Iro... by dang on Tuesday November 08, 2022 @05:05PM (#33524959)
Ok, we've made the title not say convincingly and replaced 'fake' with 'invented'. Thanks!
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