18. "CONNECT.CONNECT.CONNECT." with performances, script, poems and images by Carina Albrecht, M. Astley, Ioana Jucan, Alexandra Juhasz, Lieke Rademakers, Kim van Ruiven and Bruno Zilli and a bot, conceived and built by Roopa Vasudevan, was made into a fake news poetry video through a collaborative process at the Digital Methods Summer School held in Amsterdam, July 1-5, 2019. It was edited by Matthew Hittle and refers loosely to the #100hardtruths #4 the internet is built on deceptions. It also speaks to a script written at the HASTAC conference in Vancouver, May 17, 2019 and a poem by M. Astley (here) written at the University of Sussex on March 20, 2018.
1. "My Phone Lies to Me" by James, Shamine, and Marcela (found here), was made into a fake news poetry video through a collaborative process at New Utrecht High in Brooklyn, NY. It was edited by Matthew Hittle and refers to the #100hardtruths #1 the real internet is fake.
2. "A Picture That Will Never Tell My Story" (found here), by Ash and Ty, was made into a fake news poetry video through a collaborative process at New Utrecht High in Brooklyn, NY. It was edited by Matthew Hittle and refers to the #100hardtruths #99 information overload needs positive feedback effects.
3. "What is Beauty?" by Chloe Lubin (found here), was made into a fake news poetry video through a collaborative process at New Utrecht High School, in Brooklyn NY. It was edited by Matthew Hittle and refers to the #100hardtruths #46 stay aware, not afraid.
4. "Science is Real," by Jose Guardiola ( found here), was made into a fake news poetry video through a collaborative process over three sessions with the collective Poets of Course in Manhattan NY. It was edited by Matthew Hittle and refers to the #100hardtruths #35 of the same name.
5. "Black Lives Matter," by Gerard Grant (found here), was made into a fake news poetry video through a collaborative process over three sessions with the collective Poets of Course in Manhattan NY. It was edited by Matthew Hittle and refers to the #100hardtruths #44 of the same name.
6."The Beauty of Weirdos. Your Human Hope," a song written and performed by Barbara Browning in April 2019 at the NYU Workshop, was inspired by a poem of the same name written a year earlier at the Toronto Workshop by project founder, Alexandra Juhasz.
7. An audio cut-up made and performed by Fabian Anthony Luna and Christiana Vivienne during the NYU Workshop from two poems written a year earlier by high school poets at the Get Lit Workshop: "On Suicide Notes in Place of Passports" and "the go fund mes never end." Videos of both of these poems were made at a second workshop with the Get Lit Players and can be viewed below.
8. "Algorithms as Pets and Politicians," was edited by Orr Menirom and shot by Meredith (Brinker) Ferguson. It documents the Fake News Poetry Workshop of the same name held in March 2019 at the Dartmouth College DHSE. It refers loosely to #100hardtruths-#fakenews #53: "tame and disarm dangerous algorithms," contributed to that effort by Geert Lovink.
9. "Escape Routes Needed One Block," was made by Joseph Entin during the DOC@BC Poetry-Video Workshop in February 2019 and is based on his poem by that name and his personal archive of neighborhood photographs. It refers to both #100hardtruths-#fakenews #92: "our oral histories, our oral stories are our truth," contributed to that effort by Faye Ginsburg which itself focuses on the work of First Nations artist and storyteller Amanda Strong and to hardtruths #22 Experimental Escape Routes Needed which refers to the Disruptive Film Program I, curated by Sherry Millner and Ernest Larsen.
10. "Experimental Escape Routes Needed," was made by Tamsin Lewis and Nicholas Sossi Romano during the DOC@BC Poetry-Video Workshop in February 2019 and is based on an oral history they conducted previously. It refers to both #100hardtruths-#fakenews #92: "our oral histories, our oral stories are our truth," contributed to that effort by Faye Ginsburg which itself focuses on the work of First Nations artist and storyteller Amanda Strong and to hardtruths #22 Experimental Escape Routes Needed which refers to the Disruptive Film Program I, curated by Sherry Millner and Ernest Larsen.
11. "Anamolous," was made collectively during the New Haven workshop in October 2018. It is a second version of that video, edited by John Lucas and honoring notes made by Stacie. The original poem, written by Stacie Evans at the Race and the Media Workshop in Brooklyn in May 2018, can be found here. It refers to #100hardtruths-#fakenews #65 "#fakenews #realtalk #realtruth about black girls' liberation," contributed to that effort by Cheryl Dunye.
12. "No News is Good News," was made collectively during the New Haven workshop in October 2018. The original poem, by Kai Mora, written at the Workshop at LaGuardia Community College in Queens, NY in April 2018, can be found here, and refers to #100hardtruths-#fakenews #68: "self-defense in the time of Trump needed," contributed to that effort by Jacque Wernimont.
13. "Anamolous," was made collectively during the New Haven workshop in October 2018. The original poem, written by Stacie Evans at the Race and the Media Workshop in Brooklyn in May 2018, can be found here. It refers to #100hardtruths-#fakenews #65: "#fakenews #realtalk #realtruth about black girls' liberation," contributed to that effort by Cheryl Dunye.
14. "Oppositional Reading," was made collectively during the New Haven workshop in October 2018. The original poem, written by Yanyi at the Race and the Media Workshop in Brooklyn in May 2018, can be found here. It refers to #100hardtruths-fakenews #99: "information overload needs positive feedback effects," which refers to the work of digital media theorist, Tiziana Terranova.
15. "Explaining Myself," was made collectively during the New Haven workshop in October 2018. The original poem, written by Irene Villasenor, in the Race and the Media Workshop in Brooklyn in May 2018, can be found here. It refers to #100hardtruths-#fakenews #92: "our oral histories, our oral stories are our truth," by contributor, Faye Ginsburg, featuring the video of First Nations artist and storyteller Amanda Strong.
16. "The go fund mes never end," was made collectively, and edited by Danny Nguyen, during the 2nd Get Lit workshop in October 2018. The original poem was written by Alex Rafaelov at a previous workshop in their Los Angeles offices in March 2018, and can be found here. It refers to #100hardtruths-#fakenews #22: "stay open to contradictions and power #offline."
17. "On Suicide Notes in Place or Passports," was made collectively, and edited by Danny Nguyen, during the 2nd Get Lit workshop in October 2018. The original poem was written by Arlene Campa at a previous workshop in their Los Angeles offices in March 2018, and can be found here. It refers to #100hardtruths-#fakenews #20: "stress related to immigration status is one result," a resource guide for working with youth written by scholars Lisa M. Edwards and Jacki Black, Marquette University.
