#Arteetude 312 – Detlef Schlich and AI Co-Host Sophia explore a future where images, voices, and even memories can be perfectly faked. With a brand-new Los Inorgánicos track: “Signal Without Source.”
Update: 2025-12-14
Description
As AI-generated images, voices, and narratives become indistinguishable from the real, we enter a cultural and epistemological crisis:
What happens when truth can no longer rely on perception?
In this instalment, I explore:
• Deepfake ethics and societal mistrust
• AI humanoid robotics entering daily life
• A historical lineage from early storytelling to modern media manipulation
• Walter Benjamin’s concept of the “aura” and its technological dissolution
• The future of artistic authenticity
• The role of criticality and media literacy in the post-verification age
The episode concludes with a new piece by Los Inorgánicos,
“Signal Without Source.”
This topic invites reflection across disciplines —
from culture and art to ethics, AI governance, and cognitive science.
#AIethics #PostTruth #CulturalTheory #WalterBenjamin #ArtAndTechnology #PhilosophyOfMedia #DetlefSchlich #Arteetude #DigitalCulture #CriticalThinking #HumanoidRobotics #DeepfakeSociety
Detlef Schlich is a rock musician, podcaster, visual artist, filmmaker, ritual designer, and media archaeologist based in West Cork. He is recognised for his seminal work, including a scholarly examination of the intersections between shamanism, art, and digital culture, and his acclaimed video installation, Transodin's Tragedy. He primarily works in performance, photography, painting, sound, installations, and film. In his work, he reflects on the human condition and uses the digital shaman's methodology as an alter ego to create artwork. His media archaeology is a conceptual and practical exercise in uncovering the unique aesthetic, cultural, and political aspects of media in culture.
WEBSITE LINKS
WAW Official YouTube Channel
https://www.youtube.com/@WAWBand
"The Niles Bittersweet Song"
WAW Bandcamp
Silent Night
In a world shadowed by conflict and unrest, we, Dirk Schlömer & Detlef Schlich, felt compelled to reinterpret 'Silent Night' to reflect the complexities and contradictions of modern life.
https://studiomuskau.bandcamp.com/track/silent-night
Wild Atlantic Way
This results from a trip to West Cork, Ireland, where the beautiful Coastal "Wild Atlantic Way" reaches along the whole west coast!
https://studiomuskau.bandcamp.com/track/wild-atlantic-way
YOU TUBE
*Silent Night Reimagined* A Multilayered Avant-Garde Journey by WAW aka Dirk Schlömer & Detlef Schlich
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dAbytLSfgCw
Detlef Schlich
I love West Cork Artists Group
YouTube Channels
visual Podcast
official Website
Download here for free Detlef Schlich´s Essay about the Cause and Effect of Shamanism, Art and Digital Culture
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/303749640_Shamanism_Art_and_Digital_Culture_Cause_and_Effect
Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/arteetude-a-podcast-with-artists-by-detlef-schlich/donations
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