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This article attempts to describe the main features of an aesthetic of flow, namely the aesthetic deployed by artists such as Grégory Chatonsky, Reynald Drouhin, Leonardo Sola, Alexandra Saemmer, etc. The aesthetic of flow is based on the use of computer systems and devices that generate a stream of images, sounds and words. These data, present in cyberspace, are diverted through complex processes and used to form original figures, which are essentially unpredictable and unstable, constantly shifting. As spectators, we must learn to understand these streams of images and sounds, and to give them meaning. We will begin by describing cyber-space and the specific experience it proposes. We will then try to distinguish the three basic modes of representation it gives rise to (trace, presence and flow). Finally, we will try to better understand the notion of flow, before describing some of the hypermedia art that exploits its various manifestations. The aesthetic of flow poses significant problems in terms of reading or interpretation, and we will try, in conclusion, to identify at least one of these issues.