Dare to Dream
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Dreams
Fall 2024
Although dreaming is not unique to human beings, our species has always paid particular attention, even to the point of being obsessive, to the experience of dreams. From the ancient beliefs of divination or oneiromancy to the psychoanalytic approach of Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung, dreams have been used as powerful tools of self-knowledge or world-control. In the hands of artists, dreams become particularly rich materials to explore, especially since their connection to art is profound: the significance of mystery and ambivalence, the desire to resist interpretation, the ability to imagine reality in other ways. The feature section reflects on everything that defines dreams, from the mental activity that happens during sleep to the manifestation of desires or aspirations that transpires when awake, including the capacity of dreamers to represent other worlds.
Cover: Véronique La Perrière M
Le jour, le soleil, la nuit, l'abyme, les étoiles, 76 x 56 cm, 2019.
Photo: courtesy of the artist
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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.
Cover: doux soft club
bleu de lieu, 2023-2024.
Photo: Cléo Sjölander, courtesy of the artists