Are we really done with the hand from the moment it isn’t at work? This book examines the modes of execution in contemporary art from the viewpoint of production, by means of a series of eighteen interviews. It presents a plural and polyphonic thinking, bringing together the words of different participants concerned with the realisation of artworks and several generations of artists: John M Armleder, Pierre-Olivier Arnaud et Julie Portier, Christian Bernard, Gabriele Di Matteo, Sylvie Eyberg, Christian Gonzenbach, Wade Guyton, Fransje Killaars et Roy Villevoye, Stéphane Kropf, Pierre Leguillon, Anita Molinero, Émilie Parendeau, Claude Rutault, Zoë Sheehan Saldaña, Wim Starkenburg, Joëlle Tuerlinckx et Remi Verstraete.