At the intersection of art history and theory, social sciences and artistic practices, this collective volume re-engages with an approach to objects informed by the issues of their agency and social biography. The various contributions reveal the complexity of the interactions of which objects are the agents, modifying descriptive logics and, very often, the artistic dynamics themselves.
Julien Bondaz is an anthropologist, associate professor at the Université Lumière – Lyon 2, member of the LADEC laboratory and associated member of the Centre Alexandre-Koyré (EHESS).
Cyrille Bret is an art historian, professor at the Haute école des arts du Rhin – Strasbourg, member of its research unit FAIRE-MONDES.
Richard Fauguet is an artist who lives and work at Châteauroux. His artwork is represented by the gallery Art : Concept – Paris.
Nicolas Fourgeaud is an art historian, professor at the Haute école des arts du Rhin – Strasbourg, member of its research unit FAIRE-MONDES.
Jean-François Gavoty is an artist, professor in the art-object department at the Haute école des arts du Rhin – Strasbourg, member of its research unit FAIRE-MONDES.
Clovis Maillet is an historian and an artist, professor at the Haute école d'art et de design – Geneva.
Yaël Kreplak is a sociologist, associate professor to the Delphine Levy Chair at the université Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne, and associate lecturer at the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts – Paris, associated member of the HiCSA laboratory (Paris 1) and CEMS (EHESS).
