Antonio Muntadas

Antonio Muntadas' On Translation was an Internet project created for the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta that the artist began in 1994. The work addressed issues of virtuality and telepresence. Using a videoconference format for a 2-way dialogue between Atlanta and Madrid, Muntadas participated from Atlanta while Claudia Gianetti was present in Madrid to collaborate in transmitting questions. The project focuses on interpretation, transformation, and changes of meaning through the process of translation. Muntadas uses the Internet to point to cultural differences reflected in language and to the fine line between global communication and global distortion, connection and disconnection.