The idea of dictatorship straightaway evokes a political regime in which the authority mostly rests in the hands of a single person. In just two centuries, this mode of power has risen in parallel (
karen elaine spencer, in her ephemeral interventions, her paintings, drawings, prints and texts as well as spoken word works, explores the power relationships that pervade people’s daily lives, particularly (
Dendrites, a public artwork recently inaugurated along with its site— Place de l’Aviation-Civile-International —is a fascinating and consistent extension of Michel de Broin’s ongoing and prolific art practice (
[text available in French only]. The editor-in-chief (and member of the Editorial comity of ESPACE art actuel magazine) André-Louis Paré interviews Jean Pierre Raynaud (
To meet a stranger in chance circumstances and then realize that the many affinities you share might just spark a nascent friendship is indeed a precious (
[text available in French only] The art critic and curator (and member of the Editorial comity of ESPACE art actuel magazine) Bénedicte Ramade publishes a review of the film (
Wouldn't it be wonderful if Artificial Intelligence could remedy our shortfalls and help us to surmount our hesitations and fears? If it could relieve us of the burden of existence. If AI could become (
As artificial intelligence rapidly becomes omnipresent in our daily lives—from predictive writing to self-driving cars—it is only natural that an increasing number of artists have (
Using various mediums, Adam Basanta explores technological practices as socially-mediated performances, distributed and intertwined throughout a variety of human, cultural, material and computational (
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[text available in French only] Ariane Lemieux is a doctor of art history specializing in the history of museums and publishes here a review of "Displacement, destruction, protection: views on endangered heritage", a round table on November 5th, 2019 with artist Dominique Blain (
[text available in French only] Michelle Drapeau is a candidate for the Master's degree in Art History at Laval University, an independent curator and cultural worker from Moncton (NB), based in Quebec City and publishes here a review of the MNBAQ's exhibition "COZIC. Over to