Antoni Muntadas
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Antoni Muntadas is a multidisciplinary, media artist
, sometimes also referred to as Antonio Muntadas or, simply, Muntadas. Since 1971, he lives and works in New York
. Muntadas was a Research Fellow at the Center for Advanced Visual Studies
at MIT,1977–1984, and is currently Visiting Professor with MIT Visual Arts Program. His work has been exhibited widely, including the Museum of Modern Art
, the Venice Biennale
, documenta 6 and documenta X.
In 1995, he was awarded an Ars Electronica Honorary Mention
for his well-known work "The File Room". It is an early and ongoing Internet art
project, started in 1994, consisting of an open database of cases of censorship
. Another long-term work, "On Translation", deals with language
and the notion of translation
, interpretation
and transcription
. The project was realized in various formats over the years, including several different exhibitions and a website hosted by the seminal Internet art
gallery äda'web.
New media art
New media art is a genre that encompasses artworks created with new media technologies, including digital art, computer graphics, computer animation, virtual art, Internet art, interactive art, computer robotics, and art as biotechnology...
, sometimes also referred to as Antonio Muntadas or, simply, Muntadas. Since 1971, he lives and works in New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
. Muntadas was a Research Fellow at the Center for Advanced Visual Studies
Center for Advanced Visual Studies
The Center for Advanced Visual Studies at MIT was founded in 1967 by artist and teacher György Kepes. Kepes, who taught at the new Bauhaus in Chicago, originally founded the Center as a way to encourage artistic collaboration on a large civic scale....
at MIT,1977–1984, and is currently Visiting Professor with MIT Visual Arts Program. His work has been exhibited widely, including the Museum of Modern Art
Museum of Modern Art
The Museum of Modern Art is an art museum in Midtown Manhattan in New York City, on 53rd Street, between Fifth and Sixth Avenues. It has been important in developing and collecting modernist art, and is often identified as the most influential museum of modern art in the world...
, the Venice Biennale
Venice Biennale
The Venice Biennale is a major contemporary art exhibition that takes place once every two years in Venice, Italy. The Venice Film Festival is part of it. So too is the Venice Biennale of Architecture, which is held in even years...
, documenta 6 and documenta X.
In 1995, he was awarded an Ars Electronica Honorary Mention
Prix Ars Electronica
The Prix Ars Electronica is one of the most important yearly prizes in the field of electronic and interactive art, computer animation, digital culture and music...
for his well-known work "The File Room". It is an early and ongoing Internet art
Internet art
Internet art is a form of digital artwork distributed via the Internet. This form of art has circumvented the traditional dominance of the gallery and museum system, delivering aesthetic experiences via the Internet. In many cases, the viewer is drawn into some kind of interaction with the work...
project, started in 1994, consisting of an open database of cases of censorship
Censorship
thumb|[[Book burning]] following the [[1973 Chilean coup d'état|1973 coup]] that installed the [[Military government of Chile |Pinochet regime]] in Chile...
. Another long-term work, "On Translation", deals with language
Language
Language may refer either to the specifically human capacity for acquiring and using complex systems of communication, or to a specific instance of such a system of complex communication...
and the notion of translation
Translation
Translation is the communication of the meaning of a source-language text by means of an equivalent target-language text. Whereas interpreting undoubtedly antedates writing, translation began only after the appearance of written literature; there exist partial translations of the Sumerian Epic of...
, interpretation
Interpreting
Language interpretation is the facilitating of oral or sign-language communication, either simultaneously or consecutively, between users of different languages...
and transcription
Transcription (linguistics)
Transcription in the linguistic sense is the systematic representation of language in written form. The source can either be utterances or preexisting text in another writing system, although some linguists only consider the former as transcription.Transcription should not be confused with...
. The project was realized in various formats over the years, including several different exhibitions and a website hosted by the seminal Internet art
Internet art
Internet art is a form of digital artwork distributed via the Internet. This form of art has circumvented the traditional dominance of the gallery and museum system, delivering aesthetic experiences via the Internet. In many cases, the viewer is drawn into some kind of interaction with the work...
gallery äda'web.
Art Work
- "Fear, Panic, Terror", 2010 : a series of 5 prints published and produced by mfc-michèle didier.