Muntadas (Paperback)

Octavi Rofes

ISBN 10: 8495951274 / ISBN 13: 9788495951274

Published by ActarD Inc, Barcelona, 2009

About this Item

Paperback. This catalogue for the exhibition "On Translation: Museum" reinterprets projects by Muntadas pertaining to the series known generically as "On Translation" begun in 1995. The book documents the works and installations that make up the series, in which Muntadas addresses the concept of translation in contemporary society. "On Translation" employs a wide variety of supports and deals with specific notions related to the idea of translation, positing questions about such themes as the identity of the artistic practice, the idea of its social value, the possibilities of representation and curatorial interpretation, transcription and conservation of heritage. This exhibition catalogue reinterprets projects by Muntadas pertaining to the series known generically as "On Translation" begun in 1995. The book documents the works and installations that make up the series, in which Muntadas addresses the concept of translation in contemporary society. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Muntadas (Paperback)
• Publisher: ActarD Inc, Barcelona
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 8495951274
• ISBN 13: 9788495951274
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

From one language to another, one voice through a telephone through an ear into an email through a fax machine via a satellite hookup, a third language, a photograph and four hybrid cultures ... you know what I mean. Problems of translation have long fascinated Antoni Muntadas. 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. That concern has fed the ongoing On Translation series through projects which vary greatly in terms of their formalization, projects which pose questions about such themes as the identity of artistic practice, the idea of its social value, and the possibilities of representation, curatorial interpretation, transcription and conservation of heritage.

Flexi-bound, 6.25 x 8.25 in./288 pgs / 300 color 0 BW100 duotone 0 ~ Item D20241

About the Author

. Mary Anne Staniszewski is an Associate Professor in the Department of the Arts at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and author of "The Power of Display: A History of Exhibition Installations at the Museum of Modern Art" (MIT Press) and, during the past twenty-five years, has overseen or contributed to various Exit Art publications and projects.