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Immatérialités

Fall 2001

[In French] Le présent dossier se penche sur les pratiques artistiques « sans objet ». Oeuvre dématérialisée ou absence d'objet, structure virtuelle, relation, langage, poésie et sonorité sont autant de sujets abordés dans ce numéro, nous invitant ainsi à parler «des immatérialités».

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Immersion

Winter 2026

This issue is interested in all forms of immersion in contemporary art. How are artists critically engaging with immersive technologies? Conversely, what kinds of practices are challenging technology in their pursuit of immersion? How are these experiences breaking down the boundaries between spectator, body, and art? We put forward proposals that rely on listening and sustained attention rather than on amplification and sensory overload – works using devices that are sometimes relatively simple and non-invasive, sometimes a little more elaborate, but in which participation is, with a few nuances, neither passive nor devoid of critical thinking.

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Photo: Cléo Sjölander, courtesy of the artists

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