(...) It is a well-known fact that people who do not give their names get a cool reception virtually everywhere, and the temples of art are not exception to this rule. Inasmuch as they are spaces where words struggle to erase images, they demand credentials.
Authorship is imposed as a visiting card, as a notary's affidavit, as an attribute which defines the work. We come to ask ourselves if authorship is the work, but if this is the case, it nevertheless ought to be pointed out that as a declaration of principles this must be a recent discovery, like taste, the figure of the artist, perspective or human rights. (...)

© Eduardo Momeñe,2002
Complete text in Photovision nº 31