At this years oscars . Now on bbc news. Click this week, shiona is in barcelona, which is full of the newest mobile tech, but where the wearables know too much. How old is Spencer Kelly from the bbc . Spencer kellys currently 50 years old. Blatant lies to be fair, he does look good for his age you wish meanwhile, eye eye, whats this . A phone you can control with just your peepers . Also, the politics of deep fakes. Were being told not to believe everything that we see, but what do we do when the lawmakers deepfa ke themselves . In the argentinian elections, we saw both candidates using ai generated images, making themselves look like heroes. And should ancient artefacts stay in a museum or be taken home . Its a hot topic right now, but alasdair s been looking at a digital halfway house. The cool thing about ar is you can see it as it looks now, but also how it will have looked in the past. Exactly, how it originally looked, right . Welcome to mobile world congress, or mwc. With1. 4 bi
of cultural exchange between east and west. i m starting at the pera museum, once an exclusive hotel in the heart of istanbul s diplomatic district. i can t think of anywhere else quite like it, a unique, privately run museum, with a collection exploring the relationship between east and west a centuries long exchange that culminated in a controversial art movement known as orientalism. i m here, though, to find out how people in turkey feel about orientalism today. for art historians, orientalism is quite a specific concept that draws upon the argument of this very famous book published in 1978 by the intellectual edward said. and it refers to a period, principally during the 19th century, when western artists relished depicting subjects from the near east, including turkey. to make their compositions convincing, these artists, who sometimes didn t even travel outside europe, stuffed them full of supposedly authentic details. yet often, they ended up painting these opulent
Museums, i believe, are really having a moment, and thats what i want to explore. This is amazing. So this is his studio. I can walk around, can i . He was painting the orient within the orient. When you see my work, you can easily link the concepts, lets say, or the technique, anything from them, as inspiring. I think thats rather wonderful. Im in istanbul, that great, entrancing, ancient megalopolis, once the capital of the byzantine and ottoman empires. Lying on either side of the bosporus strait, its a city that straddles two continents, europe and asia, so it feels like the Perfect Place to discover for myself the long, still evolving story of Cultural Exchange between east and west. Im starting at the pera museum, once an exclusive hotel in the heart of istanbuls diplomatic district. I cant think of anywhere else quite like it, a unique, privately run museum, with a collection exploring the relationship between east and west a centuries long exchange that culminated in a controve
get to spend time in museums. during my working life and i have witnessed something astonishing, how radically they have changed. the days of museums as grand, intimidating treasuries for dusty objects, they are long gone. they are becoming much more dynamic and inclusive, less solemn, less elitist, museums, i believe, are having a moment and that s what i want to explore. it is art of that s what i want to explore. it is part of the that s what i want to explore. it is part of the story. that s what i want to explore. it 3 part of the story, what is that s what i want to explore. it 1 part of the story, what is the museum about, what story do you want to tell? i museum about, what story do you want to tell? , ., ., , , ., to tell? i feel proud to be standing here looking to tell? i feel proud to be standing here looking at to tell? i feel proud to be standing here looking at these to tell? i feel proud to be standing here looking at these beautiful - here looking a