01.03.18 - 03.06.18

FAKE

From fake meat to fake emotions, if faking it gets the job done, who cares? From biomimicry to forged documents, from scandals to substitutes — when is authenticity essential, when is copying cool, and what is the boundary between a fakery faux-pas and a really fantastic FAKE?

We have long been obsessed with authenticity, the genuine article, the real deal. But, in both the natural world and human society, faking, mimicking, and copying can be highly reliable strategies for success. When appearance is everything — could a fake be just as valuable as the real thing?

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Curators

Oron Catts, Director of SymbioticA, University of Western Australia

Nicola Marples, Professor of Zoology, Trinity College Dublin

Fiona Newell, Professor of Psychology, Trinity College Dublin

Lynn Scarff, Director, Science Gallery Dublin

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