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Utopie et dystopie

Winter 2005

[In French] Le dernier dossier de notre trilogie 20e anniversaire se penche sur la notion de l’utopie, mise en perspective avec notre contexte social, politique et artistique. Ainsi, plus qu’un regard sur le futur, auteurs et artistes proposent des problématiques qui sont intimement liées à une réalité bien actuelle.

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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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