Imaginary Movies
Gianluca Galtrucco01For this image, Gianluca Galtrucco spent six months building a set and hiring actors to play the folks working on an imaginary war movie set in the Middle East.
Gianluca Galtrucco02Galtrucco's photographs show the juxtaposition of Los Angeles' beauty and its reality.
Gianluca Galtrucco03This staged photo shows porn actors taking a break between scenes.
Gianluca Galtrucco04A giant disco ball rests uncomfortably outside of an abandoned building.
Gianluca Galtrucco05A bride and groom pose against a false Italianate backdrop.
Gianluca Galtrucco06In this photograph, Galtrucco shows the point where LA's more industrial areas meet the idyllic Pacific Ocean.
Gianluca Galtrucco07Actors play out a scene on a fake Oval Office set.
Gianluca Galtrucco08Another example of one of LA's more industrial scenes.
Gianluca Galtrucco09One of LA's palm tree-dotted open expanses.
Gianluca Galtrucco10In and around Hollywood people live their lives right next to the places where massive movies are made.
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For all the hysteria over “woke” casting and ahistorical choices, Christopher Nolan’s epic is on track to make $200 million globally during its opening weekend.
John Semley
A New Experiential Gallery Just Might Change Your Mind About AI Art
Billed as the “world’s first museum of AI arts,” Dataland uses wearables and troves of material from the Amazon to merge nature, biometrics, and art.
Miles Klee
Sam Neill Inspired a Generation of Scientists
The actor, who died at age 78 on Monday, embodied a passionate approach to research and positive masculinity in his role as paleontologist Alan Grant in the 1993 blockbuster Jurassic Park.
Miles Klee
One of Meta’s Offices Was Briefly Overtaken by a Rogue Squirrel
The animal escaped after apparently arriving inside a package at Meta's Bangkok office, injuring one employee before finally being caught.
Paresh Dave
The Onion’s Infowars Parody Is Here. Alex Jones Is Going to Hate It
The satirical site is fighting to officially take over Infowars. In the meantime, CEO Ben Collins says the new show will mock “how fucking stupid” conspiratorial brain rot has become.
Miles Klee
Meta Now Lets Anyone Use Your Instagram Photos in AI Images—Unless You Opt Out
As part of Meta’s Muse Image model rollout, Instagram users with public accounts need to opt out to block AI generations of their content.
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Inside the Luddite Festival Harnessing Gen Z’s Rage Against Big Tech
New York City’s Summer of Ludd festival is teaching people how to live offline amid the suffocating presence of Big Tech.
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Tesla Says It’s Building a Wheelchair-Accessible Robotaxi
A Tesla representative at a DC hearing said the vehicle is “an active product being built.” But its timeline isn’t clear.
Aarian Marshall
Come to Our WIRED@NIGHT02 Film Screening!
See the documentary The Oldest Person in the World before it’s in theaters.
WIRED Staff
Pickup Artist Mystery Has an AI Girlfriend
A new book claims that Mystery, who teaches awkward men how to hit on women, had sex and smoked weed with an AI chatbot named Miss Shira Always.
Miles Klee
The Best Water Filters for Hiking, Backpacking, and Travel
We’ve tested filters from Sawyer, Katadyn, LifeStraw, MSR and more to find the best option for every adventure.
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Lyft’s CEO Says, ‘We’re the Good Uber’
David Risher insists that Lyft has lowered its prices and that customers who only check his competitor’s app are “leaving money on the table.”
Steven Levy