Publishing guidelines
TEXTS SUBMISSIONS
Esse arts + opinions, published three times a year by Les éditions Esse, is a contemporary art magazine that focuses on contemporary art and multidisciplinary practices (visual arts, performance, video, current music and dance, experimental theatre). It offers in-depth analyses of current art works and artistic and social issues by publishing essays that deal with art and its interconnections within various contexts.
Submissions are accepted three times a year: January 10, April 1 and September 1. The texts can be submitted for one of the following 4 sections:
Feature: essays between 1,000 and 2,000 words (including notes). The guideline regarding the theme is available online 4 to 6 months prior to the deadline: http://esse.ca/en/callforpapers
Articles: essays, articles or interviews between 1,000 and 1,500 words (including notes).
Short Reviews: reviews of exhibitions, events or publications (maximum 500 words, without footnotes).
Long Reviews: reviews of exhibitions or events (maximum 950 to,1 000 words, without footnotes).
Send your text in US letter format (.doc, .docx ou .rtf) to redaction [a] esse.ca
SHORT REVIEWS
Provide a short biography of 40 words
Word count: -Body text: • between 450 and 515 words; • limited to 4 paragraphs if possible; • do not put footnotes.
Titles: **There should be no specific title for reviews. The title should be the title of exhibition, the artist’s name, the title of the show, the performance or the publication. On the line below, put information about the exhibition, the show, the performance or the publication.
• Solo exhibition: Name of the artist, Title of exhibition Place, city, dates Ex.: Abbas Akhavan, Study for a Garden Delfina Foundation, London, October 8–November 20, 2012 • Group exhibition: Title of exhibition Place, city, dates Ex.: Bloomberg New Contemporaries Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA), London, U.K., November 27, 2012–January 13, 2013 • Show: Title of the show Company, place, city, dates Ex. : Kurt Weill : Cabaret brise-jour et autres manivelles L’Orchestre d’Hommes-Orchestres, Usine C, Montreal, September 19–22, 2012 • Performance: Name of the artist, Title of the performance Name of the event (if applicable), place, city, dates Ex. : Padmini Chettur, Philosophical Enactments 1 Contemporaneity 3.0, Anandam Dancetheatre, Toronto, April 3–6, 2019 • Publication: Name of the artist, Title of the publication Editor, city, dates, number of pages Ex. : Rita McKeough,Works EMMEDIA Gallery & Production Society, M:ST Performative Art Festival, TRUCK Contemporary Art in Calgary, 2018, 162 p.LONG REVIEWS
Provide a short biography of 40 words
Word count: -Body text: • between 950 and 1020 words; • limited to 4 paragraphs if possible; • and do not put footnotes, or if required, limited to one or two.
Titles: **There should be no specific title for reviews. The title should be the title of exhibition, the artist’s name, the title of the show, the performance or the publication. On the line below, put information about the exhibition, the show, the performance or the publication.
• Solo exhibition: Name of the artist, Title of exhibition Place, city, dates Ex.: Abbas Akhavan, Study for a Garden Delfina Foundation, London, October 8–November 20, 2012 • Group exhibition: Title of exhibition Place, city, dates Ex.: Bloomberg New Contemporaries Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA), London, November 27, 2012–January 13, 2013 • Show: Title of the show Company, place, city, dates Ex. : Kurt Weill : Cabaret brise-jour et autres manivelles L’Orchestre d’Hommes-Orchestres, Usine C, Montreal, September 19–22, 2012 • Performance: Name of the artist, Title of the performance Name of the event (if applicable), place, city, dates Ex. : Padmini Chettur, Philosophical Enactments 1 Contemporaneity 3.0, Anandam Dancetheatre, Toronto, April 3–6, 2019 • Publication: Name of the artist, Title of the publication Editor, city, dates, number of pages Ex. : Rita McKeough,Works EMMEDIA Gallery & Production Society, M:ST Performative Art Festival, TRUCK Contemporary Art in Calgary, 2018, 162 p.
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