This issue on multimodalities opens conversations on what it means to represent or construct reality through artistic practices. Broadly, we also address social meanings and representation that go beyond art. The concept of modality arises out of semiotics that studies meaning-making through signs. In Hodge and Kress’ definition (1988: 124), modality refers to the “status, authority, and reliability of a message.” Modality determines the value of facts presented, for example, through the modal Еще
