Fred Forest's Invisible System Work

Fred Forest's book 'L'Œuvre-système invisible' proposes an invisible artwork composed of active 'force fields', moving beyond traditional material-based art. Forest, a communication artist, argues that visible art forms cannot capture a constantly changing world. His concept, the O-S-I (Œuvre-système invisible), draws on Dada and Fluxus but offers a new 'complex' approach integrating spatiotemporal flow, electromagnetic frequencies, wave beams, cognitive art, and mental image manipulation. It involves criteria like localization/delocalization, memory, communication technology, remote control, telepresence, and recursivity. The O-S-I aligns with Umberto Eco's 'open work', introducing randomness and absolute spectator involvement. The book, though not fully realized, is a step against reductionist thinking and promotes complexity theory in art. Published by Éditions l'Harmattan, written by Louis-José Lestocart.