"Critical analyses, case studies, and artist interviews examine works of art that are realized with the physical involvement of the viewer. How are we to understand works of art that are realized with the physical involvement of the viewer? A relationship between a work of art and its audience that is rooted in an experience that is both aesthetic and physical? Today, these works often use digital technologies, but artists have created p ..."
"Startling in their size and detail, Cadieuxs photographs murals create an archetypal dialogue between a man and a woman. Dissected representations of the human body and face form carefully calibrated images that provoke strong, conflicting reactions: fear/euphoria, desire/repression. Three essays elucidate the career of this internationally acclaimed artist. Cadieux has had exhibitions at the Pompidou Center (Paris) and the New Museum o ..."
"Published to accompany a group exhibition at Tate Modern bringing together five celebrated contemporary artists from Latin America and Europe, Common Wealth explores the meanings, implications and politics of the words 'common' and 'wealth'. How is wealth manifested in art beyond the simple fact of the work's status as commodity, and what type of exchange must take place for another type of currency to emerge?"
The Historical Ruse Art in Montreal = La Ruse Historique: L'Art a Montreal by ChantalPontbriand Paperback, 128 Pages, Published 1988 by Power Plant Import ISBN-13: 978-0-921047-34-6, ISBN: 0-921047-34-7
Three in Performance Silvy Panet-Raymond and Michel LeMieux, Marshalore, Elizabeth Chitty by ChantalPontbriand, Mendel Art Gallery Paperback, 29 Pages, Published 1983 by Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon ISBN-13: 978-0-919863-04-0, ISBN: 0-919863-04-3
"English and Spanish Texts -- RUB: Perspectivas sobre la obra de Diego Bianchi/Perspectives on the Work of Diego Bianchi -- Perspectivas sobre la obra de Diego Bianchi Perspectives on the Work of Diego Bianchi -- Edited by Inés Katzenstein -- Ensayos/Essays Christian Ferrer Santiago García Navarro Julieta Massacese Chantal Pontbriand Pablo Schanton Diego Valeriano -- A book that encompasses the last eleven years of the production of one ..."
"El presente libro acompaña a una serie de exposiciones que la artista jienense Cristina Lucas tiene planteadas en Luxemburgo (Mudam), Linz (Center for Contemporary Art) y Madrid (Sala Alcalá 31, Comunidad de Madrid). Este proyecto, que es en realidad triple en su materialización, surge en el lugar en que se encuentran el capitalismo global y el cuestionamiento artístico que Lucas le coloca enfrente. De este modo, las normas económicas a ..."
"An example of the potential (and the contradictions) of contemporary alliances between art, design, and social entrepreneurship.Fogo Island, a fishing settlement with approximately 2,500 inhabitants, located off the coast of Newfoundland, saw its livelihood almost devastated in the mid-twentieth century because of industrial overfishing. The island is now experiencing a social, economic, and cultural transformation, due in part to a rec ..."
"Tenir Debout Performance de Carole Douillard, effectuée par Raphaële Jeune
Le 10 février 20ll, Maison Populaire de Montreuil Montreuil , le 10 février 2011
Par le présent document , Raphaéle Jeune , commissaire de l' exposition Plutôt
que rien : Démontages , se déroulant à la Maison Populaire de Montreuil du 19
janvier au 26 mars 2011 , s'engage à interpréter ce jour la performance Tenir de
bout mise en œuvre par Carole Douillard, ..."
"Born in Kharkiv and already active as a photographer in Soviet times, Boris Mikhaïlov is considered one of the most successful photographers to have emerged from the former USSR. His style combines social documentary with conceptual art. The series Arles, Paris and comprises 67 photographs from 1989, retouched by the artist 26 years later, which thereby offer a fresh perspective on his work. Made on his first trip to the West, shortly a ..."
"This publication presents a series of seven films: 'The Pitch' (1998), 'Cold Morning' (2009), 'Hendon F.C.' (2009), 'Forte!' (2010), 'Cigarette Smoker at the Cafe Grazynka Warsaw' (2010), 'The Moving Image' (2011), and 'Above and Below the Minhocão' (2014). Mark Lewis' short, silent sequence-shots, like the early films of the Lumière brothers, operate by extracting a fragment of reality in a unity of time, space and action. Anything whi ..."
PER/FORM How to Do Things with[out] Words by ChantalPontbriand Paperback, 352 Pages, Published 2015 by Sternberg Press Illustrated ISBN-13: 978-3-95679-063-8, ISBN: 3-95679-063-4
"In recent years, Madrid has become one of the most active European cities instimulating experimental art, and the CAM2 (Centro de Arte Dos de Mayo)in Madrid one of its most important centers. Curated by Parachute founderChantal Pontbriand, PER/FORM aims to reclaim the museum as platform for liveexperimentation, with 16 installations and performances exploring how art dealswith reality in a performative way. The project included an exhib ..."
"Brazilian artist Mauricio Dias (born 1964) and Swiss artist Walter Riedweg (born 1955) have worked in collaboration since 1993, exploring issues such as human subjectivity and otherness through video, performance and installation. This monograph presents a complete overview of the duo's diverse oeuvre."
"American dancer and choreographer Richard Siegal created an artistic networkcalled THE BAKERY in 2005 devoted to interdisciplinary research and production.Along with performing artists, Siegal works with architects, composers, new media experts, designers, and theoreticians to new directions in performance related totechnology and the other arts."
Parachute The Anthology (1975-2000) : Museums, Art History, and Theory by ChantalPontbriand Published 2013 by Les Presses Du Réel ISBN-13: 978-2-84066-575-5, ISBN: 2-84066-575-1
The Contemporary, the Common(1st Edition) Art in a Globalizing World (Sternberg Press) by ChantalPontbriand, Max Bach Paperback, 456 Pages, Published 2013 by Sternberg Press Illustrated ISBN-13: 978-3-943365-48-1, ISBN: 3-943365-48-4
"The essays in this collection were written in the first decade of the new millennium by the critic, editor, and curator Chantal Pontbriand. Pontbriand examines themes of being-in-common in today's world and their relation to the development of art practices. As these practices are implemented, other ways of seeing, understanding, and making appear. Contemporaneity functions as a flow, a space-time being that cannot be fixated. The body ..."