{"id":35638,"date":"2026-06-12T10:46:20","date_gmt":"2026-06-12T08:46:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chroniques.org\/save-the-date-biennial-of-digital-imaginaries\/"},"modified":"2026-08-28T14:35:18","modified_gmt":"2026-08-28T12:35:18","slug":"save-the-date-biennial-of-digital-imaginaries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chroniques.org\/en\/save-the-date-biennial-of-digital-imaginaries\/","title":{"rendered":"Save the date &#8211; Biennial of Digital Imaginaries"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Founded in 2018 and organized by CHRONIQUES, the Biennale des Imaginaires Num\u00e9riques 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.<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video height=\"1080\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1920 \/ 1080;\" width=\"1920\" controls=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/chroniques.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/SaveTheDate_BIN26_FINAL.mp4\"><\/video><\/figure>\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Events you won&#8217;t want to miss<\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">OPENINGS<br\/>Three highlights of the opening celebrations<br\/>&#8211; Saturday, October 24, in Marseille<br\/>&#8211; Friday, October 30, and Saturday, October 31, in Aix-en-Provence<br\/>&#8211; Friday, November 6, and Saturday, November 7, in Istres<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>EXHIBITIONS<\/strong><br\/>A series of exhibitions in Marseille, Aix-en-Provence, Avignon, Arles, Istres, and Port de Bouc during the three months of the Biennale.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>CLOSING<\/strong><br\/>A program of live performances and music<br\/>&#8211; Thursday, January 14, and Friday, January 15, in Aix-en-Provence<br\/>&#8211; Saturday, January 16, 2027, in Marseille <\/p>\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Theme: Resistance<\/h2>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">hacktivism, diversions and artistic tactics in the digital age<\/h3>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For the past 20 years, digital technologies have permeated every aspect of our lives \u2013 from our private lives to geopolitical dynamics \u2013 with artists acting as witnesses, critical observers, and also as agents of a much-needed counter-narrative. For its 2026 edition, the <strong>Biennale des Imaginaires Num\u00e9riques<\/strong>, which takes place across Aix-en-Provence, Marseille, Arles, Avignon, Istres and Port de Bouc, sets out to examine the forms of <strong>artistic resistance<\/strong> in the face of the normative, extractivist and oppressive logics of contemporary technologies.<br\/>Translated with DeepL.com (free version) <\/p>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/chroniques.org\/en\/creations\/2026-theme\/\">Read more<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><strong>Guest of Honor: the 2026 Mediterranean Season<\/strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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.<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/saisonmediterranee2026.culture.gouv.fr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Guest exhibition curator: Jean Paul Fourmentraux<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For the 2026 edition, themed \u201cResistance,\u201d 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. <\/p>\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details has-small-font-size is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\"><summary>Biography of Jean Paul Fourmentraux<\/summary>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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 <em>Art and the Internet <\/em>(CNRS ed., 2010),  <em>L\u2019\u0153uvre Virale. Net art et culture Hacker <\/em> (La lettre vol\u00e9e, 2013), <em>Identit\u00e9s num\u00e9riques<\/em> (CNRS \u00e9d. 2015), <em>Digital Stories<\/em> (Hermann, 2016), <em>Images Interactives<\/em> (La Lettre Vol\u00e9e, 2017), <em>antiDATA.<\/em> <em>La d\u00e9sob\u00e9issance num\u00e9rique<\/em> (Presses du r\u00e9el, 2020), <em>Sousveillance. L\u2019oeil du contre-pouvoir <\/em> (Presses du r\u00e9el, 2023).<\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Biennale\u2019s artistic program is developed collaboratively through cooperation among local partners. The Biennale\u2019s artistic committee is composed of CHRONIQUES\u2019 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\u2019 values and commitments regarding diversity of genres, aesthetics, and forms; plural identities; respect for humanity; and attention to environmental and societal issues.<br\/>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.<br\/>Paragraph   <\/p>\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Online programming starting in July 2026<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/chroniques-biennale.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For its fifth edition, the Biennale will take place in the South region\u2014Aix-en-Provence, Marseille, Avignon, Arles, Istres, and Port de Bouc\u2014from October 24, 2026, to January 17, 2027.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":35681,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[71],"class_list":["post-35638","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-actualites-2","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chroniques.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35638","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chroniques.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chroniques.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chroniques.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chroniques.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35638"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/chroniques.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35638\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35805,"href":"https:\/\/chroniques.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35638\/revisions\/35805"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chroniques.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35681"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chroniques.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35638"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chroniques.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35638"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}