Antoni Muntadas' task consisted of intervening rather than exhibiting, of endowing the Pavilion with another dimension, of activating it in a different way. This book is the report of this the project introduces the invisibility of the archive through its olfactory the archive, as well as all the documents about the project. The mediatic role of the Pavilion and knowledge of it through writings, the press and bibliography, which has reached so many people, led Muntadas to another type of olfactory proposal.
Antoni Muntadas (born in 1942 in Barcelona) is a multidisciplinary, media artist, sometimes also referred to as Antonio Muntadas or, simply, Muntadas. Since 1971, he lives and works in New York. Muntadas was a Research Fellow at the Center for Advanced Visual Studies at MIT,1977–1984, and is currently Visiting Professor with MIT Visual Arts Program. His work has been exhibited widely, including the Museum of Modern Art, the Venice Biennale, documenta 6 and documenta X.