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Esse arts + opinions
EditorSylvette Babin[1]
CategoriesArt magazine
FrequencyTriannual
PublisherLes éditions esse
Founded1984[2]
CountryCanada
Based inMontreal
LanguageEnglish / French
Websitehttp://esse.ca/en
ISSN0831-859X

Esse arts + opinions, published three times a year by Les éditions Esse, is a contemporary art magazine that focuses on disciplinary and interdisciplinary practices (visual arts, performance, video, current music and dance, experimental theatre) and all forms of socially inclined, site-specific or performative intervention. It favours analyses that address artworks within their (geographical, social, political or economical) contexts. It seeks to offer readers a topical magazine in the field of multidisciplinary art, as well as a communication, information and research tool that answers their needs. More than a magazine publisher, Esse plays an active role in the art world. From time to time, Les éditions esse organizes art symposiums and publishes their proceedings in bilingual books that are internationally distributed. They also publish an edition/collection of artists stamps (six stamps up until now) disseminated across Canada.[2]

History

Esse was founded in 1984 at UQAM (Université du Québec à Montréal), becoming a not-for-profit organization in 1987. Esse is distributed in Canada and the United States by Disticor Magazine Distribution Services, in France by Dif' Pop' & Pollen Diffusion, and in Europe and Asia by Export Press.[3]

Esse arts + opinions is a contemporary art magazine that focuses on disciplinary and multidisciplinary practices (visual arts, performance, video, current music and dance, experimental theatre, etc.) and all forms of socially inclined, site-specific or performative intervention. It favours analyses that address artworks within their (geographical, social, political or economical) contexts, as well as relational and socially engaged works.[3]

The magazine stands out for its commitment to creating links between art practice and analysis. It is recognized for the quality of its articles, offering both in-depth analyses and rigorously argued opinions on art and society.

Each issue contains a thematic section and articles on international cultural projects.

Esse magazine is published by Les éditions Esse.

Awards

The ICMA – International Creative Media Award, Worldwide Competition for Corporate Medias, Books, Corporate Design and Magazines, Allemagne. Silver : Print Magazines - Art, Architecture, Design and Music, 2019.

National Magazine Awards, Best Magazine: Art, Literary, & Culture, 2019.

Prix d’excellence de la SODEP, Category "Conception graphique" (Graphic Design), "Page couverture" (Cover Page) by Studio FEED for issue #91 LGBT+, 2018.

Prix d’excellence de la SODEP, Category "Conception graphique" (Graphic Design), "Pages intérieures" (Interior pages) by Studio FEED for issue #91 LGBT+, 2018.

Prix d’excellence de la SODEP, Category "Critique" (Criticism), "Texte d’opinion critique" (Critical Essay) for Sylvette Babin's article titled "Retranscription of Foundational Texts in Simon Bertrand’s Work" in issue #89 Bibliothèque | Library, 2018.

National Magazine Awards, Best Magazine: Art, Literary, & Culture, 2017.

The ICMA – International Creative Media Award – is a Worldwide Competition for Corporate Medias, Books, Corporate Design and Magazines, Allemagne. Silver : Print Magazines - Catégorie Art, Architecture, Design and Music, 2017.

The ICMA – International Creative Media Award – is a Worldwide Competition for Corporate Medias, Books, Corporate Design and Magazines, Allemagne. Award of Excellence : Catégorie Front Page, Esse #91 LGBT+, 2017.

National Magazine Awards, Honourable Mention for the Cover Grand Prix, Esse #91 LGBT+, 2017.

National Magazine Awards, Honourable Mention for the Art Direction Grand Prix, Esse #91 LGBT+, 2017.

Prix d’excellence de la SODEP, Category "Conception graphique" (Graphic Design), "Page couverture" (Cover Page) by Studio FEED for issue #88 Paysage | Landscape, 2017.

Prix d’excellence de la SODEP, Category "Conception graphique" (Graphic Design), "Pages intérieures" (Interior Pages) by Studio FEED for issue #87 Le Vivant | The Living, 2018.

National Magazine Awards, Best Magazine, Category "Literary, art, and poetry", 2017.

Applied Arts Awards, « Complete Magazine Design – Series » for #87 The Living, #88 Landscape, # 89 Library, 2017.

National Magazine Awards, Silver price for the Art Direction of an Entire Issue Esse #87 The Living, 2016.

Lauréat des Applied Arts Awards,  « Complete Magazine Design – Series » for #85 Taking a Stance, #86 Geopolitics, 2016.

In 2005, Esse tied for first place for the Grafika Grand Prix with issue no. 52. In 2006 issue no. 57 received awards from Applied Arts Magazine and Coupe Magazine for its graphic design. Issue no. 58 received another Grafika award in 2007. In 2009, Esse's 25th anniversary issue (Trouble-fête/Killjoy) rethinking the meaning of celebration wins a Grafika award in the "Magazines" category. In 2010, Esse is among the finalists of the Conseil des Arts de Montréal's 2009 Grand Prix and in 2011, Esse wins the Grafika award once more, for the previous year's three issues, Sabotage, Bling Bling, and Miniature.[2]

Publications by Éditions Esse

Publications
Esse magazine, issue #1-98, 1984-[4]
Places and non-places of contemporary art, Montréal, Les éditions Esse, 2005, 248 pages. (Bilingual edition)[5]
Thérèse St-Gelais (dir.), The Undecidable: Gaps and Displacements of Contemporary Art, Montréal, Les éditions Esse, 2008, 296 pages. (Bilingual edition)[6]
Will Straw, Annie Gérin et Anouk Bélanger (dir.), Vendu–Sold Insight Into Collecting ans the Art Market, Montréal, Les éditions Esse, 2009, 240 pages. (Bilingual edition)[7]
Formes urbaines : circulation, stockage et transmission de l'expression culturelle à Montréal, Montréal, Les éditions Esse, 2014, 232 pages.(French edition)[8]
Jacynthe Carrier - Pièces montées, Montréal, Les éditions Esse, 2018, 92 pages. (Bilingual edition)[9]
Marie-Ève Charron et Thérèse St-Gelais (dir.), Le désordre des choses. L'art et l'épreuve du politique, Montréal, Les éditions Esse, 2019, 240 pages. (French edition)[10]

Indexing

Esse is indexed in Academic OneFile, ARTbibliographies Modern, Arts & Humanities Full Text, Canadian Business & Current Affairs, Canadian Periodical Index Quarterly, Fine Arts and Music Collection, General OneFile, Repère, and available on Érudit Platform and Flipster – Digital Magazines by Ebsco Publishing.

Esse is a member of the Société de développement des périodiques culturels québécois (SODEP) and of Magazines Canada.

References

  1. ^ "esse team". esse arts + opinions. Retrieved March 15, 2012.
  2. ^ a b c "esse - Short history". esse arts + opinions. Retrieved March 15, 2012.
  3. ^ a b From website : https://esse.ca/en/mandate
  4. ^ https://esse.ca/en/previousissues
  5. ^ https://esse.ca/en/places-and-non-places-contemporary-art
  6. ^ https://esse.ca/en/undecidable-gaps-and-displacements-contemporary-art
  7. ^ https://esse.ca/en/vendu-sold-2009
  8. ^ https://esse.ca/en/formes-urbaines-circulation-stockage-et-transmission-de-lexpression-culturelle-montreal
  9. ^ https://esse.ca/en/jacynthe-carrier-pieces-montees
  10. ^ https://esse.ca/en/le-desordre-des-choses-lart-et-lepreuve-du-politique
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