International Symposium on Invisual Art: Doxa and Paradox

The Aesthetics of Invisual Art, published in October 2021, encountered hostility and intransigence from some members of the public. Some went no further than the cover, confronted with a seemingly oxymoronic title, refusing to explore this emerging art through reading. Others questioned the legitimacy of invisual art while analysing it through a twentieth-century lens.

Conditioned by what has officially entered art history—movements already institutionalised and accepted as unquestionable references—the public favoured challenging the invisual over examining it.

Doxa refers to the body of opinions accepted without discussion within a given civilisation. It stands in opposition to paradox, whose Greek etymology combines para (“against”) and doxa (“common opinion”).

This symposium therefore invites invisual artists, art historians and researchers to analyse invisual art and respond to the criticism and controversy sparked by The Aesthetics of Invisual Art.

To better illustrate the realm taking shape between doxa and paradox, we have chosen as our tertium comparationis—a shared point of reference enabling comparison—the concept of duality borrowed from physics, which allows two apparently opposing descriptions of the same reality to be considered together.

An event organised by Corina Chutaux Mila, university lecturer and researcher and author of The Aesthetics of Invisual Art, in partnership with the Biennale de Paris.

Programme

Introduction
Alexandre Gurita and Corina Chutaux Mila
5:00–5:05 p.m.

Aproduction
ALA, alias Another Lazy Artist
Presentation of the artist’s journal, in which she explains why she does not produce art.
5:05–5:15 p.m.

An Overview from Dadaism to the Invisual
Éric Monsinjon
How invisual art fits historically within the evolution of the major avant-garde movements.
5:15–5:30 p.m.

Situationism and the Invisual
Corina Chutaux Mila
Clarifying the differences between situationism and invisual art.
5:30–5:45 p.m.

Sisterhood at Work in Invisual Practices
Marie Julie
The notions of sisterhood and mutual aid, and the possibilities for action available to post-situationist women artists and researchers.
5:45–6:00 p.m.

How Did Invisual Art Save the World?
Ricardo Mbarkho
Invisual art as a win-win solution where traditional discourses cancel one another out.
6:00–6:15 p.m.

Geotransgression in the Post-Truth Era
André Éric Létourneau
How do geotransgressive artistic gestures offer new modes of aesthetic experience?
6:15–6:30 p.m.

Quantartique
Michel Charmasson
A lifetime of thinking oneself, imagining oneself and stepping outside oneself, to finally visualise oneself and be born invisual.
6:30–6:45 p.m.

Perturbationism
Gilbert Coqalane
The origins, present and future prospects of a new movement in the artistic landscape, at the opposite end of the spectrum from today’s individualistic practices and standardised codes.
6:40–6:55 p.m.

OBDA — Reflections on the Object of Art
Véronique Hébert
An artistic activity based on encounters that are not necessarily perceived as art, drawing on codes and protocols from the art world.
Time to be confirmed

The Traditional Art Market and the Invisual Art Market
Ludovic De Vita
Distinguishing the economy of invisual practices, which regard art as an activity, from that of visual practices, which regard it as production.
6:45–7:00 p.m.

From the Venice Biennale to the Biennale de Paris
Gary Bigot
A dialogue on the artist’s trajectory and approach, structured around the following principles: no production, no promotion, no profit, no ownership.
7:00–7:15 p.m.

On the Boundary Between Art and Law
Carolle Sanchez
If law is understood as an instrument through which our actions and interactions are interpreted, can it also be seen as a medium into which art can enter?
7:15–7:30 p.m.

Invisibility Applied to the Invisual
Elisa Bollazzi
A presentation of the artist, whose activity consists of stealing tiny fragments of artworks, which she then makes available to view under a microscope in “Viewing Cabinets”.
7:30–7:45 p.m.

Questions and Answers
7:45–8:00 p.m.