👁️ Antoni Muntadas 💭
A pioneer of conceptual art, Muntadas works where the visible becomes political. For more than fifty years, he has been observing the construction of the gaze – the codes, filters and power structures that condition what we see and believe. His approach is analytical but deeply poetic: he does not denounce, he reveals. Through his works - three of which will be presented in exhibition and as German premieres for the Berlin 2026 edition -, he invites viewers to question the role of the media in politics and its effects on democracy, and resonates strongly with current political events and the rise of extremism. ‘Political Advertisement 1952-2024’, co-directed with Marshall Reese, illustrates the evolution of advertising strategies in US presidential campaigns, with the media's exploitation of fear, prejudice and emotions. From its first version to the present day, "On Translation: Warning" has been declined in more than fifteen languages a single leitmotiv — "Warning: Perception requires involvement" —, disseminated on stickers, posters, postcards and press inserts, as a permanent alert on the invisible filters through which we perceive information. Finally, "Life Is Editing" extends this questioning into the intimate: if our lives are constructed in the manner of a cinematic montage, each decision, each move, each relationship becomes a cut, a selection, a fragment of the narrative we inhabit.
As part of the Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin 2026, those three works by Antoni Muntadas are presented in an exhibition at silent green Kulturquartier, as German premieres.
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germansingergirl
theartofmadeline
jacobvanloon
turnnoffyourmind
areudirty
2087
romaincrisis
