"The phrase "The medium is the message" (1964) by Marshall McLuhan highlights both the interest generated by the mass media and how these condition our perception of reality and the information that reaches us. Using decontextualized mass media images, On Subjectivity (1978) focuses on the nature of information and on its interpretation and ideological construction. In other words, it points to the fact that the meaning attributed to an image is the result of the influences, knowledge and personality of each individual.
The installation consists of the book On Subjectivity (Fifty photographs from The Best of Life) and the video On Subjectivity (About TV). Muntadas selected 50 photographs of The Best of Life - a publication that included hundreds of photos from Life magazine - made 5 copies of each and sent each copy to 5 different people, asking for a comment on the images. The result was the book which, in addition to the photographs, includes the 250 contributions. The video is structured as a collage that alternates images of a television set emitting different programmes with those of people who deliver opinions about them." (Source, site web, MACBA)
Image de l'installation. (Source, jpeg, MACBA)
