After months of reading, working and research through the living and working in istanbul project realized within the stanbul 2010 ecoc agency program, i decided to work with. Right from his earliest experiments, muntadas focused his artistic activity on a critigue of the media, namely systems of representarion and information including not only television, the press and advertising, but also architecture in the twin senses of public buildings and invisible telecommunications networks. His projects often take the form of public installations or internet sites that allow people to see how language and public space are shaped by commercial and political interests. His work addresses social, political and communications. Working in different media, such as photography, video, publications, internet and multimedia installations, muntadas often speaks about the condition of being in between as a point. He figures among the first generation of artists exploring the social and political power of mass culture and mass media and works in diverse disciplines spanning photography, video, publications, the internet, installations and urban interventions. Antoni muntadas mit program in art, culture and technology.
Interom directed by antoni muntadas with the collaboration of annemarie duguet. Antoni muntadas, antonio muntadas, muntadas ulan 500027740 view. Working in different media, such as photography, video, publications, internet and multimedia installations, muntadas. Projectsproposals installation view at kent fine art, summer 2017 installation view at kent fine art, summer 2017. Barcelonaborn but a longtime new yorker, muntadas is considered one of the early and significant practitioners of media and conceptual art. Antoni muntadas was born in barcelona in 1942 and has lived in new york since 1971. Antoni muntadas artist bio and art for sale artspace. Antoni muntadas, the internationally exhibited artist, will deliver a free, public lecture on his latest works. In a 1995 manifesto the artist proclaimed his concern with the way in which the transmission of information through different systems and its subsequent translation can transform, fragment, deform and even obscure or censor any original meaning. His work addresses social, political and communications issues, the relationship between public and. Antoni muntadas was an early pioneer of video and installation in the midseventies, and he has continued to work with photography, video, installation, audio recording, and urban intervention. Between the frames is a large installation, one highly representative of muntadas work, which forms part of the macba collection. Antoni muntadas sometimes referred to simply as muntadas is a multidisciplinary installation and media artist. The forum 19831993 will be presented as part of the exhibition volume.
He has received numerous awards, including a guggenheim fellowship and multiple grants. In its 72nd edition, the venice film festival will show the latest work of antoni muntadas, a video projection whose protagonist is the city of venice. Antoni muntadas is an established contemporary artist, who was born in spain, like other prominent artists such as juan moreno aguado, guillermo rubi, eli cortinas, xabier salaberria, and cristina garrido. Nov 17, 2011 antoni muntadas barcelona, 1942 is one of the most important contemporary spanish artists. On translation is a series of works exploring issues of transcription, interpretation, and translation, from language to codes, from science to technology, from subjectivity to objectivity, from agreement to war, from private to public, from semiology to cryptology. Antoni muntadas has lived in new york ny since 1971.
Antoni muntadas barcelona, 1942 is one of the first artists who started to use new technologies in the visual arts and make artistic exploration of virtual space. Antoni muntadas spanish video artist, born in 1942 guide to pictures of works by antoni muntadas in art museum sites and image archives worldwide. An early pioneer of video art in the early to mid 1970s, he later expanded his practice to also incorporate installation environments for his films and photographs, exploring the hegem. Twentyfive years separate the first video work by antoni muntadas barcelona, 1942, acciones a study of the socalled subsenses carried out from a series of. Please note that artwork locations are subject to change, and not all works are on view at all times. More information is also available about the film collection and the circulating film and video library. Antoni muntadas barcelona, 1942 is one of the most important contemporary spanish artists. The board room, between the frames, and a sitespecific piece that is part of the artists ongoing project on translation. Problems of translation have long fascinated antoni muntadas. Few minutes or little bit more required, according to your download data speed. His projects are presented in different mediums, such as photography, video, publications. Jiang yaling for sixth tone sixth tone spoke with muntadas about the translation of borders, chinese media, the importance of context in translation, and why he believes ai cant yet compete with human translators. There was exoticism, invention, the new but by now it is an obsolete structure. Antoni muntadas barcelona, 1942 is an international multimedia artist, who resides in new york since 1971.
This book is published on the occasion of activating artifacts. The most comprehensive publication of muntadas art to date antoni muntadas barcelona, 1942 is one of the most important contemporary spanish artists. Antoni muntadas bio, artworks, exhibitions and more artland. Working in different media, such as photography, video. In the 35minute video antoni muntadas combines clips taken from news programs from around the world to highlight how news formats reflect specific cultural communities through editing and graphics. In a 1995 manifesto the artist proclaimed his concern with the way in which the transmission of information through different systems and its subsequent translation can transform, fragment, deform and.
His work offers a critical analysis of the media, of image and of the two as spectacle. Translated from the german version by rebeccah blum. Acik radyo is the result of a two year project during the lives and works in istanbul. Get your kindle here, or download a free kindle reading app. Excerpt from the meaning of various news photos to ed henderson, 1973. Antoni muntadas makes a speech during the muntadas video works exhibition at ocat shanghai, oct. An extensive vision of the artistic system of the 1980s.
A reflection on the aesthetic of creation, on subjectivity and objectivity, on experimentation and communication. Muntadas is renowned as a pioneer in the fields of video, installation, and internet art. Through his works he addresses social, political and communications issues such as the relationship between public and private space within social frameworks, and investigates channels of information and the ways in which they may be used to censor or promulgate ideas. At the end of 2008 i was invited to develop a project about istanbul. Antoni muntadas, artist and professor of the practice, actdepartment. Antoni muntadas barcelona, 1942 has lived and worked in new york since 1971. His work addresses social, political, and communications issues, the relationship between public and private space within social frameworks, as well as channels of information and the ways they may be used to censor key information or to promulgate ideas. His aim is to detect and decode the control and power mechanisms through which hegemonic ways of seeing are built, exploring.
Antoni muntadas work is often defined as conceptual art. Considered one of the pioneers of media art and conceptual art in spain, for over four decades antoni muntadas barcelona, 1942 has been creating projects that foment critical reflection about key issues in the configuration of contemporary experience. Find the latest shows, biography, and artworks for sale by antoni muntadas. Muntadas is one of the most important living artists and part of the first generation who has worked with video. Peter dinklage sets emmys record with 4th supporting drama actor win. Antoni muntadas wall street international magazine. Working in various media, the barcelonaborn, new yorkbased artist antoni muntadas explores the flow of information and power. Video projection on a white wall and a armchair in front of it. He has always concerned, over the years, about critical rethinking of ideology, historical memory and political power structures, cultural industries, different social contexts, and. In a year when spanish curators directed the venice biennale for the first time, antoni muntadas, representing spain in the spanish pavilion, told a reporter that the biennale takes its ideas from international fairs. B orn in barcelona, and lving in new york since 1971, his works address social, political and communication issues such as the relationship between public and private space, and the ways in which information channels are used to censor or promulgate ideas. Antoni muntadas barcelona, 1942 is an international multimedia artist, who resides in new. Its aim is to facilitate an interdisciplinary dialogue about higher educationits many limitations as well as new possibilities.
Muntadas analysis of the media landscape extends to the invisible information behind mass media productions. Antoni muntadas entrebetween is a retrospective exhibition of one of spains internationally bestknown artists in the field of conceptual and video art. Download scientific diagram slogans, video installation by antoni muntadas. Wilders essay on the compilation is available for download. About academia, an exhibition project by antoni muntadas that consists of two elaborate video installations. Through his works he addresses social, political and communications issues such as the relationship between public and private space within social frameworks, and investigates channels of information and the ways they may be used to censor or promulgate ideas.
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