This edition of the magazine pays a special attention to electronic literature and to works making a specific use of language. In the Feature section, Anne-Marie Boisvert examines the transition of the book to the computer and the Internet in her study on electronic literature. In addition, Sylvie Parent focuses on Web Works using language in all forms in the Perspective section. Many works discussed in the section entitled Web Works, have been chosen for their connection to language, in order to complete the information offered in the two preceding sections.

In order to facilitate an understanding of the many events occurring in the field of new media, here as well as abroad, we have added a new section in this Magazine entitled Reviews. Bernard Schütze offers a review of the Media Lounge of the Festival of New Cinema and New Media. Valérie Lamontagne contributes a review of Cartographies, a symposium organized by ISEA in Montreal in October that assesses the state of New Media. For her part, Pascale Malaterre covers Les Etats généraux de l'écriture interactive, an event that took place recently in Paris. Karen Wong reviews the telepresence installation Rendez-vous...sur le bancs publics, conceived by Monique Savoie and Luc Courchesne in collaboration with la Société des arts technologiques. Finally, Sylvie Parent reviews the Fixions project produced by Agence TOPO.

In addition, Sylvie Parent interviewed Zoe Leoudaki, a Greek artist invited to the exposition entitled Che c'è di nuovo being held in Naples in mid-december. Finally, in the Spolight section, Valérie Lamontagne focuses her attention on the fascinating site of the Museum of Jurassic Technology. Thanks to the work of Sylvie Parent and Gilles Thibault for the editorial content and for the conception of the graphics, our publication was entered into the official competition in the Golden Web section of AVICOM of the Festival audiovisuel international, Musées et Patrimoine, in the context of the Deuxièmes rencontres francophones nouvelles technologies et institutions muséales that took place in Montreal last September.

You will notice that we are now publishing the Magazine on a regular basis every three months. Our next issue will be coming out in the middle of March 2000, with its theme being "Creation=Destruction". If the subject interests you, we will be happy to receive your ideas and suggestions.

Finally, I take the opportunity to offer you my best wishes for the year 2000!

Good reading!

Claude Gosselin
Artistic Director and Chief Executive
Centre international d’art contemporain de Montréal