‘Frustrating any attempt to consider reality as an easily definable whole, the Collection imposes its own forcefulness and, above all, the need to place the artwork in a context, shunning any attempt to declare its autonomy.’ . — Ferran Barenblit, jury member for Acquisition Award and Mention of Honor, LOOP Fair 2019. . From ‘Dissident Histories’, pp. 11-21, in (different authors) THE MACBA COLLECTION. SELECTED WORKS, MACBA, Barcelona, July 2017. . #loopbarcelona #videoart #artistfilm #video #thoughtsoncollecting #collecting #contemporaryart #art #collection #macba