126 (fall 2020)
Machine Edge: An interview with Erika Lincoln
Cliff Eyland: You are known to your peers as a high-tech artist, artists are never at the cutting edge of technology—it’s the military-industrial simplex (my term) that always gets there first. Thoughts? (…)
Dictatorships in the neoliberal age
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, always the same, 2013
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 (…)
Sculpture of Steel, City of Nerves. A review of Dendrites by Michel de Broin
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 (…)
De la destruction : un entretien avec Jean Pierre Raynaud
[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 (…)
‘Making Faces Our Weapons’: Biometrics, Identity, and the Potential of the Visage
At this stage in the development of the global war on terror, it would be hard to be startled by the rhetoric of prevention and preventability that has tinted the aftermath of each of its turning points (…)
FIFA 2020 | Stéphane Ghez : Charlotte Perriand, pionnière de l’art de vivre
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 (…)
FIFA 2020 | Joris Gijsen : Wild Gene
[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 (…)
Pour une propédeutique des para-espaces dans l’œuvre de Jeremy Shaw
[text available in French only]. The critic (and member of the Editorial comity of ESPACE art actuel magazine) Mathieu Teasdale publishes an analysis of several works by artist Jeremy Shaw.
Borders 101
The natural border is the only true border, indisputable, absolute. The others are only imitations, human constructions unable to equal natural perfection.
