The volume presents images, informative and critical materials about authors and works of '97 edition (over 40 videos from 16 countries), which exalt the developement of international production, new themes, authors and emerging trends, projects and questions.

A sequence of new contributions (authors, critics, festival directors, cultural operators) give an idea of a current theme: best conditions to hear and watch videos.

Glance shapes: what international research offers to watch and imagine our world with different eyes, to choose and experiment a mix of all arts, the sensorial and intellectual pleasure which electronic creation gives us.