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SHOWCASING DIGITAL ARTS: CHALLENGES AND NEW PERSPECTIVES

Monday, November 3
14:00 – 15:00

Online broadcasting
Tuesday, November 4
Starting From 23:00

LANGUAGE(S) French

How can we host and promote digital arts at a time when technology is reshaping creation and sharing? This round table brings together artists and institutions to explore the challenges linked to the presentation of digital artworks. Between technical constraints, new narratives, and audience engagement, it opens a dialogue on current practices and proposes ways to strengthen the role of digital art in cultural programming.

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Event details

Part 1: KEY INSIGHTS, NEEDS AND CHALLENGES With: Mélodie Mousset, Benoît Renaudin, Manuel Sigrist Part 2: SOLUTIONS, EXAMPLES AND PERSPECTIVES With: David Colombini, Cassandre Poirier-Simon, Céline Berthoumieux

Moderator

Elsa Duperray
Founder, La boucle Agency, CH

Speakers

Mélodie Mousset

Co-founder and CEO PatchXR, CH

Onsite

Mélodie Mousset (b. 1981, Abu Dhabi) is a French award-winning artist and XR pioneer based in Switzerland. Blending performance, installation, and emerging tech, she crafts playful, multisensory works on identity and transformation, shown at MOCA, ZKM, M+, HEK, and beyond. Mousset is co-founder and CEO of PatchXR.

Cassandre Poirier-Simon

Coordinator of Digital Cultural Mediation, Municipal Libraries of Geneva, CH

Onsite

Cassandre Poirier-Simon is an artist, media designer, and coordinator of digital cultural mediation at the Municipal Libraries of Geneva. She is responsible for developing the annual program across the network of seven libraries and off-site locations, organizing exhibitions, workshops, and conferences focused on digital cultures and practices, with the aim of reaching a diverse audience.

Benoît Renaudin

Artist, Cie IF, CH

Onsite

Designer, musician, and performer, he develops interdisciplinary projects, conceives, and creates interactive, sound-based, and performative objects. Holding a Master’s degree in Journalism from IJBA (Bordeaux, 2011) and a Master’s in Media Design (2017), his work bridges investigative approaches with the creation of sound and interactive artifacts. His projects have been presented at venues and festivals such as the Forum des images (Paris), FNC (Montreal), Experimenta Biennale (Grenoble), Lieu Unique (Nantes), Klang Moor Schopfe, Grame (Lyon), D-CAF (Cairo), and Milan Salone del Mobile...

Manuel Sigrist

Curator, Head of Programs, Photo Elysée, CH

Onsite

Exhibition curator specializing in photography and digital cultures, Manuel Sigrist is in charge of exhibitions, programs, and the library at Photo Elysée. He has worked with galleries and festivals before joining Photo Elysée, where he launched an experimental program on digital media, including editorial projects, exhibitions, and residencies. Since 2022, he has curated a series of exhibitions, including Tony Oursler, Anomalous, #Ukraine, Images of War, Open Books, and Richard Mosse, Broken Spectre.

David Colombini

Artist, The collective Fragmentin & Co-Founder, INT studio, CH

Onsite

David Colombini is part of the Fragmentin collective alongside Laura Nieder and Marc Dubois. Founded in Lausanne in 2014, Fragmentin explores, through art and engineering, the impact of digital technology on our lives and its link to the climate crisis. Through installations and performances, they question our relationship with technology. The collective also collaborates with INT, a studio specializing in interactive scenography and web design.

Céline Berthoumieux

Executive Director, HACNUM, FR

Onsite

Céline Berthoumieux has been engaged for over two decades in the field of hybrid arts and digital cultures. As Co-Director of Chroniques – Biennale of Digital Imaginaries and Executive Director of the HACNUM network, she is committed to fostering an inclusive and sensitive digital culture that connects artistic creation, technology, science, and society. She actively contributes to the development and structuring of this sector in France and abroad.

Monday 3 Nov.2025 14:00
Théâtre Pitoëff

Online broadcasting

Tuesday, November 4
Starting From 23:00

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