On Translation: Strand [Fotografía]

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ANTONI MUNTADAS / ON TRANSLATION: STRAND / IS A CONNECTIVE WORK WITH ON

TRANSLATION: THE BOOKSTORE (2001) / AFTER HAVING PAID MANY VISITS TO STRAND

SINCE 1971, I VISITED IT AGAIN RECENTLY, IN THE SPRING OF 2015, AND TOOK NEW

PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE PLACE AS IT IS NOW REFURBISHED / STRAND IS MORE THAN

A BOOKSTORE, IT IS A LANDMARK OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK / ITS OLD AND NEW

CATALOGUING PROCESS IS AN EXERCISE IN THE TRANSLATION AND UNDERSTANDING

OF SUBJECT MATTERS, BOOKS AND FINALLY AUDIENCES.

Signal to code

“Signal to Code: 50 Years of Media Art in The Rose Goldsen Archive” was created by the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections (Cornell University Library) and was on view in the Hirshland Exhibition Gallery, at the Carl A. Kroch Library (Cornell University).