Save the date – Biennial of Digital Imaginaries
12 June 2026
Founded in 2018 and organized by CHRONIQUES, the Biennale des Imaginaires Numériques is the premier event for digital arts and culture in the Sud region. By exploring the visual arts, sound arts, and the performing arts, the Biennale examines the presence and use of digital media and new technologies in art, takes over public spaces, and gives a voice to national and international artists from diverse backgrounds.
Events you won’t want to miss
OPENINGS
Three highlights of the opening celebrations
– Saturday, October 24, in Marseille
– Friday, October 30, and Saturday, October 31, in Aix-en-Provence
– Friday, November 6, and Saturday, November 7, in Istres
EXHIBITIONS
A series of exhibitions in Marseille, Aix-en-Provence, Avignon, Arles, Istres, and Port de Bouc during the three months of the Biennale.
CLOSING
A program of live performances and music
– Thursday, January 14, and Friday, January 15, in Aix-en-Provence
– Saturday, January 16, 2027, in Marseille
Theme: Resistance
hacktivism, diversions and artistic tactics in the digital age
For the past 20 years, digital technologies have permeated every aspect of our lives – from our private lives to geopolitical dynamics – with artists acting as witnesses, critical observers, and also as agents of a much-needed counter-narrative. For its 2026 edition, the Biennale des Imaginaires Numériques, which takes place across Aix-en-Provence, Marseille, Arles, Avignon, Istres and Port de Bouc, sets out to examine the forms of artistic resistance in the face of the normative, extractivist and oppressive logics of contemporary technologies.
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Guest of Honor: the 2026 Mediterranean Season
Having previously featured Quebec, Taiwan, Belgium, and Lithuania, this fifth edition is part of a broader Mediterranean narrative that celebrates the diversity of its artists and creators engaged in various forms of digital creation, and will be a highlight of the 2026 Mediterranean Season.
Guest exhibition curator: Jean Paul Fourmentraux
For the 2026 edition, themed “Resistance,” Chroniques has invited Jean-Paul Fourmentraux to serve as guest curator. His work on digital countercultures makes him the ideal person to explore the artistic practices of resistance and subversion at the heart of this theme.
Biography of Jean Paul Fourmentraux
Jean Paul Fourmentraux is a philosopher and socio-anthropologist (PhD), art critic, and media theorist (AICA) from France, specializing in the relationship between art, politics, and digital technologies. He is a professor at Aix-Marseille University, a researcher at the Norbert Elias Center (UMR CNRS 8562), and the author of several books on digital (counter)cultures, including Art and the Internet (CNRS ed., 2010), L’œuvre Virale. Net art et culture Hacker (La lettre volée, 2013), Identités numériques (CNRS éd. 2015), Digital Stories (Hermann, 2016), Images Interactives (La Lettre Volée, 2017), antiDATA. La désobéissance numérique (Presses du réel, 2020), Sousveillance. L’oeil du contre-pouvoir (Presses du réel, 2023).
The Biennale’s artistic program is developed collaboratively through cooperation among local partners. The Biennale’s artistic committee is composed of CHRONIQUES’ artistic director and teams, as well as external partners and invited guests. Decisions are made through consultation over many months. The artistic projects selected and hosted resonate with the chosen theme and reflect, in one way or another, CHRONIQUES’ values and commitments regarding diversity of genres, aesthetics, and forms; plural identities; respect for humanity; and attention to environmental and societal issues.
The Biennale is committed to avoiding compartmentalization and instead exploring possibilities and the margins, with a constant focus on openness and attentiveness to its region, artists, audiences, and partners.
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Online programming starting in July 2026
