Terrible agents infiltrated by secret psychic media taps.

Real documents from casting sessions for "wonberbra girls". and the like. 6th Independent Vídeo & Interactive Phenomena Show

Real documents from casting sessions for "young mothers USA". 6th Independent Vídeo & Interactive Phenomena Show

Round table: Colonialisism and images: an anthropological vision. Participants: Josep Lluís Mateo Dieste (anthropologist – Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona) Alberto López Bargados (anthropologist – Universitat de Barcelona) Lluís Mallart i Guimerà (ethnologist – Laboratoire d'ethnologie et de sociologie comparée, Paris X – CNRS) Moderator: Nadja Monnet, anthropologist – Contraplano LAD. A reflection on the role of images in the colonial system and their impact, given that, as we know, images played and continue to play and important role in spreading ideologies, in particular colonial ideology in the 20th century.

An experimental documentary about the role corporations have played in shaping the American public's perceptions of the developing world. Weaving together clips of corporate-produced archival film with poetry, performance, and other metaphorically interpretive text, the tape raises questions about how public relations media operate in the constitution of power, how and by whom history is written, and how audience and consumer desire are constructed. 3 Mostra de Vídeo Independent de Barcelona 1996.    

Tribute to the media-created woman.

Observatory Archives 1999

/ CONTEXT 1994 - 2020

Observatory Archives 1999

The theme of OVNI 1999 is the journey that goes from the social to the private and vice versa, with the understanding that they are part of the same continuous fabric. Memory/Collective Fiction. Dreams/Personal Memories. Standards and archetypes and individual irreducibility. Media paranoia and stories of schizophrenia. Social passions and love stories. The “American dream”, the “European dream”. Temporary Autonomous Zones and Other Worlds.

Thematical screenings

Hall and Auditorium.  Simultaneous Screenings

Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona

Montalegre 5. 08001 Barcelona

In Home Stories, probably Matthias Müller's best-known work, the author takes parallel sequences (with a single motif) from different classic Hollywood films to parody the obsessive atmosphere of the thriller.

Jean Kilbourne continues her groundbreaking analysis of advertising's depiction of women in this most recent update of her pioneering Killing Us Softly series. In fascinating detail, Kilbourne decodes an array of print and television advertisements to reveal a pattern of disturbing and destructive gender stereotypes. Her analysis challenges us to consider the relationship between advertising and broader issues of culture, identity, sexism, and gender violence.