Séance: Technology of the Spirit (13th Seoul Mediacity Biennale)

This richly illustrated volume documents and expands the 13th Seoul Mediacity Biennale, Séance: Technology of the Spirit. Curated by Anton Vidokle, Hallie Ayres, and Lukas Brasiskis, it explores how artistic and spiritual practices have been intertwined from the dawn of modernity to today—linking mystics and mediums who anticipated modern and abstract art with contemporary artists worldwide. Across 650 pages, this bilingual English–Korean publication maps this complex relationship. Eleven newly commissioned essays reflect on how marginalized belief systems have shaped modern and contemporary art, proposing alternatives to dominant formalist, social, or materialist narratives.