The Screen is the Message

In our current cultural space, where any image or video on the cinema or TV screen, or uploaded to the Internet and its social networks, goes through digital retouching or even through the corrections of Artificial Intelligence, the book explores the artistic manifestations that, from inside and outside the screen, have led us to this moment.

Mario-Paul Martínez is a member of the Centro de Investigación en Artes (CíA) of the Art Department of the Miguel Hernández University of Elche (UMH) and Professor of Audiovisual Communication. He is also director of the MASSIVA Research Group that studies the interrelation between audiovisual arts and mass culture.

Fran Mateu (PhD in Philosophy and Arts) is also a member of the CíA and the MASSIVA Research Group at UMH. He is the director of the International Fantastic Film Festival of Elche – FANTAELX. His work is divided between artistic production, teaching, and research, focused on the audiovisual medium.