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_Reviews
QUADrature: A Piece for Many Players
One impact of the closure of cultural institutions due to the COVID-19 pandemic has been the reinvention of virtual events and exhibitions. Some curators were already adept at producing online content, but most were taken by surprise when programming had […]
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Forest of Memory: the Provocative Art of Dana Claxton
Aesthetic agent provocateur par excellence. That’s the most accurate artistic and spiritual job description that I can ascribe to both the complex interdisciplinary work of Dana Claxton and the multi-layered persona that she shares with us in each new exhibition. She […]
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_Dossier – Mutations : arts, sciences et technologies
Cautionary Tales of Art on the Frontier of Technology
Much of today’s technology-aided art production seems to be locked into the imperatives of progress, growth, and innovation and oblivious to their dire social and environmental consequences. North Americans appear especially transfixed by this expansionist mindset, rooted in what historian […]
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_Dossier – Mutations : arts, sciences et technologies
An Artistic Examination of Medical Records: A Critic of Biopower in the Work of Salima Punjani and Carolyn Lazard
Medical imagery and medical records, far from being disinterested documents, are the dehumanizing and violent artefacts of medical objectification. These records contain only the point of view of doctors and are devoid of the voice of the person to whom […]
