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In ''The Aesthetics of Ambiguity: Understanding and Addressing Monoculture'' Pascal Gielen and Nav Haq argue that multiculturalism is paradoxically based on monocultural thinking. The publication explores this paradox by exploring monoculture in a variety of contemporary contexts. The book sets out to analyse monoculture using a multifaceted approach, by bringing together(...)
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In ''The Aesthetics of Ambiguity: Understanding and Addressing Monoculture'' Pascal Gielen and Nav Haq argue that multiculturalism is paradoxically based on monocultural thinking. The publication explores this paradox by exploring monoculture in a variety of contemporary contexts. The book sets out to analyse monoculture using a multifaceted approach, by bringing together(...)
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The aesthetics of ambiguity: Understanding and adressing monoculture
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In ''The Aesthetics of Ambiguity: Understanding and Addressing Monoculture'' Pascal Gielen and Nav Haq argue that multiculturalism is paradoxically based on monocultural thinking. The publication explores this paradox by exploring monoculture in a variety of contemporary contexts. The book sets out to analyse monoculture using a multifaceted approach, by bringing together historical, social, cultural and ideological perspectives, using the dual role of art as tool for reconciliation and division in societies. ''The Aesthetics of Ambiguity'' gives stage to artists, thinkers and institutional practices who dare to play with the rules of a broader society and thus generate ambiguity ‘at large’. The book represents a quest for (more) ambiguity in order to avoid rigid borders or black-and-white polarities between cultures, as well as between practices of art and scientific thinking. By doing so, the artists, activists and researchers featured in this book plea for a politics and aesthetics of ambiguity to deal with the complexity of our living together on Earth.
The aesthetics of ambiguity: Understanding and adressing monoculture
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In ''The Aesthetics of Ambiguity: Understanding and Addressing Monoculture'' Pascal Gielen and Nav Haq argue that multiculturalism is paradoxically based on monocultural thinking. The publication explores this paradox by exploring monoculture in a variety of contemporary contexts. The book sets out to analyse monoculture using a multifaceted approach, by bringing together historical, social, cultural and ideological perspectives, using the dual role of art as tool for reconciliation and division in societies. ''The Aesthetics of Ambiguity'' gives stage to artists, thinkers and institutional practices who dare to play with the rules of a broader society and thus generate ambiguity ‘at large’. The book represents a quest for (more) ambiguity in order to avoid rigid borders or black-and-white polarities between cultures, as well as between practices of art and scientific thinking. By doing so, the artists, activists and researchers featured in this book plea for a politics and aesthetics of ambiguity to deal with the complexity of our living together on Earth.
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In ''Water of the Sky'', artist Miya Ando offers us a beautifully rich, bilingual visual dictionary for rain. Through a collection of 2,000 Japanese words, their English interpretations, and 100 drawings, Ando describes the breadth and diversity of rain’s many expressions: when it falls, how it falls, and how its observer might be transformed physically or emotionally by(...)
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In ''Water of the Sky'', artist Miya Ando offers us a beautifully rich, bilingual visual dictionary for rain. Through a collection of 2,000 Japanese words, their English interpretations, and 100 drawings, Ando describes the breadth and diversity of rain’s many expressions: when it falls, how it falls, and how its observer might be transformed physically or emotionally by(...)
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Water of the sky: A dictionary of 2000 Japanese rain words
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In ''Water of the Sky'', artist Miya Ando offers us a beautifully rich, bilingual visual dictionary for rain. Through a collection of 2,000 Japanese words, their English interpretations, and 100 drawings, Ando describes the breadth and diversity of rain’s many expressions: when it falls, how it falls, and how its observer might be transformed physically or emotionally by its presence. The words range from prosaic to esoteric, extending from the meteorological (mukaame, or “very fine rain that falls in spring”) to the mystical (bunryuu, or “rain that splits a dragon's body in half”) and from the minute (kisame, or “raindrops that fall off the leaves and branches of trees”) to the vast (takuu, or “blessed rain that quenches all things in the universe”).
Water of the sky: A dictionary of 2000 Japanese rain words
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In ''Water of the Sky'', artist Miya Ando offers us a beautifully rich, bilingual visual dictionary for rain. Through a collection of 2,000 Japanese words, their English interpretations, and 100 drawings, Ando describes the breadth and diversity of rain’s many expressions: when it falls, how it falls, and how its observer might be transformed physically or emotionally by its presence. The words range from prosaic to esoteric, extending from the meteorological (mukaame, or “very fine rain that falls in spring”) to the mystical (bunryuu, or “rain that splits a dragon's body in half”) and from the minute (kisame, or “raindrops that fall off the leaves and branches of trees”) to the vast (takuu, or “blessed rain that quenches all things in the universe”).
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The Covid-19 crisis teaches us how priceless human nearness is. Art and education can't do without it either. Like works of art, people lose their aura when kept at digital arm's length. Art is lifeless when it can't resonate with bodies. In ''Nearness'', Marlies De Munck and Pascal Gielen diagnose a new reality. Only culture marks the difference between surviving and living.
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The Covid-19 crisis teaches us how priceless human nearness is. Art and education can't do without it either. Like works of art, people lose their aura when kept at digital arm's length. Art is lifeless when it can't resonate with bodies. In ''Nearness'', Marlies De Munck and Pascal Gielen diagnose a new reality. Only culture marks the difference between surviving and living.
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Nearness: Art and Education after COVID-19
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The Covid-19 crisis teaches us how priceless human nearness is. Art and education can't do without it either. Like works of art, people lose their aura when kept at digital arm's length. Art is lifeless when it can't resonate with bodies. In ''Nearness'', Marlies De Munck and Pascal Gielen diagnose a new reality. Only culture marks the difference between surviving and living.
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The Covid-19 crisis teaches us how priceless human nearness is. Art and education can't do without it either. Like works of art, people lose their aura when kept at digital arm's length. Art is lifeless when it can't resonate with bodies. In ''Nearness'', Marlies De Munck and Pascal Gielen diagnose a new reality. Only culture marks the difference between surviving and living.
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Since the late 19th century, the shop window has shaped the urban landscape, mediating between the promises of consumer goods and the desires of passersby. The exhibition "Fresh Window" at the Museum Tinguely, inspired by Marcel Duchamp's work "Fresh Widow," explores the window as a membrane between public space and hidden desire. Many artists not only earned a living(...)
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Since the late 19th century, the shop window has shaped the urban landscape, mediating between the promises of consumer goods and the desires of passersby. The exhibition "Fresh Window" at the Museum Tinguely, inspired by Marcel Duchamp's work "Fresh Widow," explores the window as a membrane between public space and hidden desire. Many artists not only earned a living(...)
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Fresh window: The Art of Display & Display of Art
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Since the late 19th century, the shop window has shaped the urban landscape, mediating between the promises of consumer goods and the desires of passersby. The exhibition "Fresh Window" at the Museum Tinguely, inspired by Marcel Duchamp's work "Fresh Widow," explores the window as a membrane between public space and hidden desire. Many artists not only earned a living through window displays but also used this setting as a testing ground to experiment with new practices. Works by artists such as Jean Tinguely, Andy Warhol and Marina Abramovic reveal how the boundary between consumer culture and artistic experimentation is continually renegotiated—sometimes ironically, sometimes shockingly.
Fresh window: The Art of Display & Display of Art
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Since the late 19th century, the shop window has shaped the urban landscape, mediating between the promises of consumer goods and the desires of passersby. The exhibition "Fresh Window" at the Museum Tinguely, inspired by Marcel Duchamp's work "Fresh Widow," explores the window as a membrane between public space and hidden desire. Many artists not only earned a living through window displays but also used this setting as a testing ground to experiment with new practices. Works by artists such as Jean Tinguely, Andy Warhol and Marina Abramovic reveal how the boundary between consumer culture and artistic experimentation is continually renegotiated—sometimes ironically, sometimes shockingly.
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This book documents the non-profit Evergreen’s public art program in Toronto’s Lower Don River Valley from 2017 through 2024. Twenty-five art and research projects commissioned and presented by Evergreen are reproduced here alongside new essays, interviews, roundtable discussions, and process images. Together the publication coheres current discussions on temporary,(...)
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This book documents the non-profit Evergreen’s public art program in Toronto’s Lower Don River Valley from 2017 through 2024. Twenty-five art and research projects commissioned and presented by Evergreen are reproduced here alongside new essays, interviews, roundtable discussions, and process images. Together the publication coheres current discussions on temporary,(...)
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Temporary acts: Public art in Toronto's Don River Valley
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This book documents the non-profit Evergreen’s public art program in Toronto’s Lower Don River Valley from 2017 through 2024. Twenty-five art and research projects commissioned and presented by Evergreen are reproduced here alongside new essays, interviews, roundtable discussions, and process images. Together the publication coheres current discussions on temporary, sustainable, collaborative, and site-responsive public art, and explores the role of artists in deepening our engagement with complex landscapes like the Don River.
Temporary acts: Public art in Toronto's Don River Valley
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This book documents the non-profit Evergreen’s public art program in Toronto’s Lower Don River Valley from 2017 through 2024. Twenty-five art and research projects commissioned and presented by Evergreen are reproduced here alongside new essays, interviews, roundtable discussions, and process images. Together the publication coheres current discussions on temporary, sustainable, collaborative, and site-responsive public art, and explores the role of artists in deepening our engagement with complex landscapes like the Don River.
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Quelles relations les images entretiennent-elles entre elles si on les décorrèle de leur rapport à l'être humain? Que se passe-t-il dans l'autre côté non accessible des images ? Les images peuvent-elles nous donner un aperçu sur l'autre côté de notre perception ? Telles sont les questions inattendues auxquelles ce livre se confronte. Inattendues, car l'esthétique et(...)
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Quelles relations les images entretiennent-elles entre elles si on les décorrèle de leur rapport à l'être humain? Que se passe-t-il dans l'autre côté non accessible des images ? Les images peuvent-elles nous donner un aperçu sur l'autre côté de notre perception ? Telles sont les questions inattendues auxquelles ce livre se confronte. Inattendues, car l'esthétique et(...)
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Qu'est-ce que l'éconologie ? : Au bout des images : cinéma, monde, perception
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Quelles relations les images entretiennent-elles entre elles si on les décorrèle de leur rapport à l'être humain? Que se passe-t-il dans l'autre côté non accessible des images ? Les images peuvent-elles nous donner un aperçu sur l'autre côté de notre perception ? Telles sont les questions inattendues auxquelles ce livre se confronte. Inattendues, car l'esthétique et l'iconologie font généralement, si ce n'est exclusivement, usage d'un discours orienté en direction de l'être humain, mieux : déterminé par lui, par ses représentations, par son expérience possible. S'il n'est évidemment pas question de soutenir que l'on pourrait parler depuis l'extériorité de notre appartenance d'espèce (que l'on ne confondra pas avec notre subjectivité), la thèse ici défendue est que quelque chose de l'in-humanité des images peut malgré tout parvenir jusqu'à nous. L'interrogation devient alors : à quelles conditions de tels phénomènes sont-ils possibles ? Pour l'éclaircir, cet essai a recours à la phénoménologie, à l'histoire de l'art, à la littérature, à l'écologie, mais avant tout au cinéma, à sa théorie comme à l'analyse de plusieurs films. Le cinéma s'y impose comme le lieu d'origine spéculatif de l'éconologie, qui bascule brusquement notre manière de penser les images. Et il s'y impose sur fond de toutes sortes de trous.
Qu'est-ce que l'éconologie ? : Au bout des images : cinéma, monde, perception
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Quelles relations les images entretiennent-elles entre elles si on les décorrèle de leur rapport à l'être humain? Que se passe-t-il dans l'autre côté non accessible des images ? Les images peuvent-elles nous donner un aperçu sur l'autre côté de notre perception ? Telles sont les questions inattendues auxquelles ce livre se confronte. Inattendues, car l'esthétique et l'iconologie font généralement, si ce n'est exclusivement, usage d'un discours orienté en direction de l'être humain, mieux : déterminé par lui, par ses représentations, par son expérience possible. S'il n'est évidemment pas question de soutenir que l'on pourrait parler depuis l'extériorité de notre appartenance d'espèce (que l'on ne confondra pas avec notre subjectivité), la thèse ici défendue est que quelque chose de l'in-humanité des images peut malgré tout parvenir jusqu'à nous. L'interrogation devient alors : à quelles conditions de tels phénomènes sont-ils possibles ? Pour l'éclaircir, cet essai a recours à la phénoménologie, à l'histoire de l'art, à la littérature, à l'écologie, mais avant tout au cinéma, à sa théorie comme à l'analyse de plusieurs films. Le cinéma s'y impose comme le lieu d'origine spéculatif de l'éconologie, qui bascule brusquement notre manière de penser les images. Et il s'y impose sur fond de toutes sortes de trous.
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Fifty years after the Fall of Saigon and twenty years after her family’s emigration to America, Minh Nguyen returns to her native Vietnam to find out what’s left of the old revolutionary project. In Memorial Park, a collection of essays pairing travelogue and criticism, Nguyen encounters relics of proletarian romance and vestiges of authoritarian control amid an evermore(...)
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Fifty years after the Fall of Saigon and twenty years after her family’s emigration to America, Minh Nguyen returns to her native Vietnam to find out what’s left of the old revolutionary project. In Memorial Park, a collection of essays pairing travelogue and criticism, Nguyen encounters relics of proletarian romance and vestiges of authoritarian control amid an evermore(...)
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Memorial Park: Revisiting Vietnam
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Fifty years after the Fall of Saigon and twenty years after her family’s emigration to America, Minh Nguyen returns to her native Vietnam to find out what’s left of the old revolutionary project. In Memorial Park, a collection of essays pairing travelogue and criticism, Nguyen encounters relics of proletarian romance and vestiges of authoritarian control amid an evermore corporatized society. Along the way, she considers how contemporary artspeak confuses state censors, the rise of luxury "Smart Cities" as they supplant socialist housing complexes, and the enduring appeal of propaganda signs that once promised utopia. Driven by a diasporic curiosity that seeks discovery over dwelling on loss, "Memorial Park" avoids nostalgic idealism or reflexive condemnation. Instead, Nguyen takes seriously the legacy of Vietnamese liberation by naming what it has become—and what it has not.
Memorial Park: Revisiting Vietnam
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Fifty years after the Fall of Saigon and twenty years after her family’s emigration to America, Minh Nguyen returns to her native Vietnam to find out what’s left of the old revolutionary project. In Memorial Park, a collection of essays pairing travelogue and criticism, Nguyen encounters relics of proletarian romance and vestiges of authoritarian control amid an evermore corporatized society. Along the way, she considers how contemporary artspeak confuses state censors, the rise of luxury "Smart Cities" as they supplant socialist housing complexes, and the enduring appeal of propaganda signs that once promised utopia. Driven by a diasporic curiosity that seeks discovery over dwelling on loss, "Memorial Park" avoids nostalgic idealism or reflexive condemnation. Instead, Nguyen takes seriously the legacy of Vietnamese liberation by naming what it has become—and what it has not.
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A dream of stone
A dream of stone
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Best known for her seminal novel "Memoirs of Hadrian" (1951), an imagined autobiography of the Roman emperor, Yourcenar brings the same depth of inquiry and inventive speculation to her lyric prose on art and artists in this newest title in the ekphrasis series. In these five jewel-like essays, Yourcenar meditates on the decay of time, the desire both satiated and refused(...)
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Best known for her seminal novel "Memoirs of Hadrian" (1951), an imagined autobiography of the Roman emperor, Yourcenar brings the same depth of inquiry and inventive speculation to her lyric prose on art and artists in this newest title in the ekphrasis series. In these five jewel-like essays, Yourcenar meditates on the decay of time, the desire both satiated and refused(...)
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A dream of stone
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Best known for her seminal novel "Memoirs of Hadrian" (1951), an imagined autobiography of the Roman emperor, Yourcenar brings the same depth of inquiry and inventive speculation to her lyric prose on art and artists in this newest title in the ekphrasis series. In these five jewel-like essays, Yourcenar meditates on the decay of time, the desire both satiated and refused by art, and the imagery animating the lives, works, and dreams of Michelangelo, Dürer, and Piranesi. And in an intimate mediation on the historical novel, Yourcenar describes her own encounters with how language and sound reveal the past. Together these exquisite essays explore that fundamental awe—perhaps even the terror—at the heart of an encounter with beauty.
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Best known for her seminal novel "Memoirs of Hadrian" (1951), an imagined autobiography of the Roman emperor, Yourcenar brings the same depth of inquiry and inventive speculation to her lyric prose on art and artists in this newest title in the ekphrasis series. In these five jewel-like essays, Yourcenar meditates on the decay of time, the desire both satiated and refused by art, and the imagery animating the lives, works, and dreams of Michelangelo, Dürer, and Piranesi. And in an intimate mediation on the historical novel, Yourcenar describes her own encounters with how language and sound reveal the past. Together these exquisite essays explore that fundamental awe—perhaps even the terror—at the heart of an encounter with beauty.
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November 2025
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Diffracting the North: Contemporary Latinx Canadian experiences and practices in film, new media
Diffracting the North: Contemporary Latinx Canadian experiences and practices in film, new media
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"Diffracting the North" is the first book to collect and share the experiences and material realities of Latinx Canadian creators of film, media, and visual arts. Bringing together scholars, filmmakers, curators, and artists from a range of Latin American backgrounds, this publication is a forthright and practitioner-driven reflection on the circumstances of producing and(...)
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"Diffracting the North" is the first book to collect and share the experiences and material realities of Latinx Canadian creators of film, media, and visual arts. Bringing together scholars, filmmakers, curators, and artists from a range of Latin American backgrounds, this publication is a forthright and practitioner-driven reflection on the circumstances of producing and(...)
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February 2026
February 2026
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Diffracting the North: Contemporary Latinx Canadian experiences and practices in film, new media
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"Diffracting the North" is the first book to collect and share the experiences and material realities of Latinx Canadian creators of film, media, and visual arts. Bringing together scholars, filmmakers, curators, and artists from a range of Latin American backgrounds, this publication is a forthright and practitioner-driven reflection on the circumstances of producing and disseminating work in a country of predominantly anglophone and francophone environments. Contributors to the volume explore topics including how Latinx Canadian identity is constructed, negotiated, and expressed, as well as the networks and solidarities that shape Latinx Canadian experiences. These connections include intergenerational mentorships, cross-cultural alliances, and collaborations with Indigenous and other marginalized communities within racialized and gendered frameworks.
Diffracting the North: Contemporary Latinx Canadian experiences and practices in film, new media
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"Diffracting the North" is the first book to collect and share the experiences and material realities of Latinx Canadian creators of film, media, and visual arts. Bringing together scholars, filmmakers, curators, and artists from a range of Latin American backgrounds, this publication is a forthright and practitioner-driven reflection on the circumstances of producing and disseminating work in a country of predominantly anglophone and francophone environments. Contributors to the volume explore topics including how Latinx Canadian identity is constructed, negotiated, and expressed, as well as the networks and solidarities that shape Latinx Canadian experiences. These connections include intergenerational mentorships, cross-cultural alliances, and collaborations with Indigenous and other marginalized communities within racialized and gendered frameworks.
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Des articles qui explorent la question des impostures et des vérités dans l'art contemporain. En s'intéressant aux jeux fictionnels de tromperies mis en place par les artistes et écrivains, les contributeurs montrent que ce type de production n'est autre que le reflet d'une société de l'hyperspectacle où règne l'imposture généralisée.
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Des articles qui explorent la question des impostures et des vérités dans l'art contemporain. En s'intéressant aux jeux fictionnels de tromperies mis en place par les artistes et écrivains, les contributeurs montrent que ce type de production n'est autre que le reflet d'une société de l'hyperspectacle où règne l'imposture généralisée.
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Impostures et vérités en arts
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Des articles qui explorent la question des impostures et des vérités dans l'art contemporain. En s'intéressant aux jeux fictionnels de tromperies mis en place par les artistes et écrivains, les contributeurs montrent que ce type de production n'est autre que le reflet d'une société de l'hyperspectacle où règne l'imposture généralisée.
Impostures et vérités en arts
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Des articles qui explorent la question des impostures et des vérités dans l'art contemporain. En s'intéressant aux jeux fictionnels de tromperies mis en place par les artistes et écrivains, les contributeurs montrent que ce type de production n'est autre que le reflet d'une société de l'hyperspectacle où règne l'imposture généralisée.
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