Lying pictures to admire in the museum
The Museum of Communication in Bern is hosting the exhibition «Pictures That Lie.» Faked cover photos of Princess Stephanie with her baby and the *Blick* photos of former ambassador Thomas Borer are just two of more than 300 examples from the past 100 years.
The Museum of Communication in Bern is showing the exhibition "Pictures that lie". Fake cover pictures of Princess Stephanie with her baby and the Blick photos of former ambassador Thomas Borer are just two of more than 300 examples from the last 100 years. The exhibition, which the museum is showing from October 19, 2007 to July 6, 2008, questions the objectivity of images and shows the basic patterns of manipulation of and with images, according to a press release.
Visitors are immersed in an "ABC of lies" and learn, for example, why former ambassador Thomas Borer is skeptical about photos of evidence, why an ice hockey puck is not always where it seems to be, and why a surgical scar sometimes looks worse than it really is. It also reveals that a popular General Guisan was not wanted in the press and shows how the BSC Young Boys jersey advertisements made picture editors reach for the Tipp-Ex.
The touring exhibition "Pictures that lie" was developed by the Haus der Geschichte der Bundesrepublik Deutschland Foundation and realized with financial support from the German Federal Agency for Civic Education. For the presentation at the Museum of Communication, the exhibition was expanded to include Swiss examples.
Visitors are immersed in an "ABC of lies" and learn, for example, why former ambassador Thomas Borer is skeptical about photos of evidence, why an ice hockey puck is not always where it seems to be, and why a surgical scar sometimes looks worse than it really is. It also reveals that a popular General Guisan was not wanted in the press and shows how the BSC Young Boys jersey advertisements made picture editors reach for the Tipp-Ex.
The touring exhibition "Pictures that lie" was developed by the Haus der Geschichte der Bundesrepublik Deutschland Foundation and realized with financial support from the German Federal Agency for Civic Education. For the presentation at the Museum of Communication, the exhibition was expanded to include Swiss examples.
