공간 (space)

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A group of women is going round an empty space made of tatami beds. The culture of Ancient China had a floor-level furniture tradition, which was disseminated to Japan and Korea. Tatami culture is still present in both the latter countries, while China has changed it for a historical tradition of chairs and desk-level furniture. Modernization brought Western seat technology in to the region, maybe that is the reason why these women are revolving around traditional beds in such a ritualist spatial ceremony.

On Translation: Strand

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Trabajo conectivo a On Translation: The Bookstore (2001), en referencia a la famosa librería The Strand en la Ciudad de Nueva York. 

 

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