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Antoni Muntadas - On translation: The pille
Artist Biography: Antoni Muntadas is a conceptual and multimedia artist born in Barcelona in 1942. His work has focused on the exploration of communication systems and mass media, and has encompassed a wide variety of media, including video, installation, photography, and performance. Muntadas has developed a highly successful international career, exhibiting in museums and galleries around the world. In addition, he has taught at several universities, including the University of California, San Diego and the University of Barcelona.La Muntadas' work is characterized by his critical approach and his ability to challenge established conventions. Through her work, she questions the nature of the media and its influence on society, and has explored issues such as politics, censorship, control and manipulation of information. One of the most outstanding aspects of Muntadas' work is his ability to engage the viewer in the artistic experience. His works often include participatory or interactive elements, inviting the viewer to question their role in the world of communication and to reflect on their own relationship with the mass media. In conclusion, Antoni Muntadas is a renowned multimedia and conceptual artist, whose work has been fundamental in the exploration of communication systems and mass media. His critical approach and ability to challenge established conventions have made him one of the most important and influential artists of his generation.
In The Pille, he presents 43 key words in English (keywords) referring to the world of politics (security, bureaucracy, control, diplomacy) and culture (religion, ritual, dress) with their equivalents in Chinese, Japanese and Korean. In this way, he proposes a poetic game that points out the urgency with which we sometimes want to decipher other cultures and languages. If the limits of my language are the limits of my world, learning new languages is also learning new ways of thinking and feeling. learning new ways of thinking and feeling. And it is this interaction that allows us to approach alternative temporalities.
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