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Creating in the Era of Artificial Intelligence
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 (…)
Landscape Past Future: An interview with Adam Basanta
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 (…)
Adam Basanta, Collaged 19th century photographic landscapes with trees, palms, and observers, 2019
Using various mediums, Adam Basanta explores technological practices as socially-mediated performances, distributed and intertwined throughout a variety of human, cultural, material and computational agencies. His work (…)
2020 Fundraising Campaign
Contribute to the future of ESPACE art actuel by contributing to its 2020 fundraising campaign! Many of you share with us your astonishment and enthusiasm for the changes made since issue 107 of ESPACE art actuel. To encourage us to continue this renewal effort, the small ESPACE team is asking for your generosity. Published by the Centre de diffusion 3D,…
Displacement, destruction, protection: views on endangered heritage (about a round table on Dominique Blain’s exhibition).
[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 (…)
COZIC. Over to You. From 1967 to Now
[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 You. From 1967 to Now“.
Alexis Bellavance, Sarah Wendt + Pascal Dufaux at AXENÉO7
[text available in French only] Anna Brunette is a master’s student in art history at UQAM and publishes here a review on the two recent Axeneo7 exhibitions: Alexis Bellavance’s “Compressions : tables préparées” and Sarah Wendt + Pascal Dufaux’s “Quelque part dans l’inachevé“.
Dialogues avec l’histoire
[text available in French only] Laurent Vernet holds a Master’s degree in art history and a doctorate in urban studies and publishes here a review on the forum entitled “L’art public à l’épreuve de la commémoration corrigée” at Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec on October 7, 2019.
Transparency
Clearly, the word “transparency” is increasingly present now in the discourse of public administration, business ethics, and in all forms of goods and services. Not a day goes by without this notion (…)
Rencontres photographiques en Gaspésie : une 10e édition éclectique et conviviale
[text available in French only] Sophie Guignard, a doctoral student in art history at the Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM) publishes a review of the 10th edition of the Rencontres photographiques en Gaspésie.
