MUNTADAS ON TRANSLATION: MUSEUM
by NY Arts
The artistic activities of Muntadas (Barcelona, 1942) have been defined by a critical analysis of the role of the media in the symbolic construction of contemporary social reality. From the mid-1970s onwards his attention has focused on the environment created by what he calls the "media landscape": political propaganda, advertising, economic and ideological power groupings, and culture criticism.
On Translation: Museum is an exhibition in which the artist’s projects from the On Translation series are reinterpreted. This project includes a group of works and installations arranged in various series, series in which Muntadas addresses the notion of translation in contemporary society and its influence on social rituals, economic negotiations and inter-communicative strategies.
Since the realization of the first scheme, On Translation: The Pavilion, in Helsinki in 1995, more than twenty versions of the series have been produced: On Translation: The Games, The Negotiating Table, The Internet Project, The Audience, The Monuments, The Applause, The Transmission, etc.
This exhibition, which will also bring together a number of earlier works and can be seen inside the museum as well as in different places in Barcelona and on the Internet, will cover four essential aspects of Muntadas’ work: architecture, the media, the city and the museum; an urban project realized especially for this occasion called On Translation: The Image, an on-line project sited in the projects section at www.macba.es; and an in-depth publication on the project called Muntadas. On Translation (Barcelona: MACBA / Actar, 2002).
Opening: 28 November 2002, 7:30 p.m.
Exhibition dates: 29 November 2002 to 9 February 2003
Curator: Jos� Lebrero Stals, in collaboration with Enric Franch, Valent�n Roma, Rosa Pera and Ricardo Iglesias
Produced by: Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona
