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Mexico

Spring / Summer 1995

[French issue]

Dossier Mexico : une vision inédite du Mexique–entrevues avec René Derouin et Roman Varela au Québec, et des artistes mexicains – Musiques en espace sacré – manipulation de l’image dans 3 films documentaires – coup de griffe d’un compositeur – L’art et l’eau – l’AADRAV vs le RAAV – destruction dans la performance (2e partie)

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Water

We now face a global water crisis. Warning signs are flashing everywhere about the increased desertification of the Earth, the industrial pollution of water resources, and the over-exploitation of aquifers. Faced with such a bleak portrait and the fact that environmental and humanitarian challenges are dependent on economic issues and interlinked policies, which are framed by complex laws, the influence of art is relatively modest. Nevertheless, alongside civic actions that we should actively do, artists can give back to water its symbolic and sacred value. Taking a poetical approach to water, the artists and theorists in this issue navigate between aesthetic forms, activist actions, and metaphor-rich analytical thinking. Adopting a resolutely critical perspective, the articles refer to artworks that try to raise awareness about water pollution and climate issues, envisage a restorative justice, and offer new horizons of hope.

Cover: Hannah Rowan
Vessels of Touch, 2021.
Photo: courtesy of the artist & C+N Gallery CANEPANERI, Milan

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