The Post-Truth Museum

Using deepfake and other AI techniques, Al-Badri reanimates museum directors and historic masks, placing fictional statements of restitution, healing, shame, and accountability into their mouths. The work turns the museum itself into a site of speculation, questioning who is authorised to speak, interpret, and construct cultural memory. Blurring institutional critique with machine-generated storytelling, The Post-Truth Museum forms part of Al-Badri’s wider investigation into technology, colonial collections, and the politics of representation.