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Fear
Fall 2007
As a psychological phenomenon linked to a perceived threat, be it real or imaginary, fear is a part of our daily lives. Writers and film makers have, for some time now, amused themselves by generating the conditions necessary to the staging of fear in an effort to entertain the public or to find in its production either a form of emotional stimulation or an outlet. Fear of death, dread of the day to day, the difficulty of living in society, the fear of difference or of being rejected for one’s singularity are some of the affects artists explore in this issue.
Editorial
Feature
Politics and the Art of Confusion: Perverse Strategies and Collective Paranoia
Fear of the Social
Terror, Terror
Fear and Its Double. (Real and Imaginary) Fears in Performance Art from Latin America
Une nouvelle « méthode paranoïaque-critique » : quelques vidéos et installations de Laurent Grasso
Saint-Jean-des-Images : Panique au village de Martin Bureau
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Young Critics
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Tourism
Spring Summer 2024
Because it is essential for it to be open to the world, art is particularly affected by concerns related to planetary travel. From a position at the intersection of contemporary art, leisure, ecology, and destination culture, Esse no. 111 observes artists’ and critical thinkers’ strategies for revisiting the very notion of tourism. Although the harmful impacts of the tourism industry are beyond question, the thematic section avoids falling prey to tourismphobia and simply pointing out its failures. Rather, this issue offers a guided tour of situations and places where art and tourism converge.