[Ars] Numerica

[Ars] Numerica: The Avant-Garde Laboratory of Digital Arts

An emblematic festival of MA scène nationale – Pays de Montbéliard, [Ars] Numerica has established itself as a must-attend event for digital arts in France. Located in the heart of Numerica, Franche-Comté's multimedia hub at 11 cours Louis Leprince-Ringuet in Montbéliard, the festival benefits from a unique technological setting: an 80-seat venue dedicated to immersive and innovative projects blending dance, music, and theater.

A Festival at the Crossroads of Art and Technology

Each edition of [Ars] Numerica offers a bold program that explores the frontiers between art and digital. Interactive exhibitions, immersive installations, electronic concerts, audiovisual performances, augmented dance shows, theater pieces using new technologies: the festival embraces all forms of contemporary digital creation. It oscillates between retrogaming, video, cinema, mime, photography, and sound art to question how technologies reflect reality and emotions, separate or bring people together, and invent social connection.

A Laboratory for Creation and Experimentation

Beyond dissemination, [Ars] Numerica functions as a true creation laboratory. The Ars Numerica Studios, a residency and production space integrated into MA scène nationale, host artists throughout the year to develop interdisciplinary projects. The festival is thus the privileged moment for the restitution of this research, offering the public direct access to the most innovative works of digital creation.

National and International Reach

[Ars] Numerica has gained recognition far beyond the Pays de Montbéliard. The festival hosts artists and researchers from around the world, and its exhibitions and performances attract a curious, family, and professional audience. Workshops and conferences allow the public to discover digital technologies and engage in dialogue with creators, while immersive shows offer unique sensory experiences.

The Legacy of MA scène nationale

Born in 2011 from the merger of l'Arche, l'Allan, and Ars Numerica (and later MALS in 2013), MA scène nationale offers an ambitious, joyful, and international program. The "digital stage" label distinguishes the Ars Numerica component within this structure, making Montbéliard a reference hub for digital arts in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté and in France.