Festival ]interstice[
The international festival of visual, sound, and digital arts in Caen
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2026
About ]interstice[
]interstice[ — edition 2026
For its 20th edition, from May 6 to 10, 2026 in Caen, the ]interstice[ Festival launches the new format ]interstice[NOVA, which places emerging creation at the heart of the intersection between arts, sciences, and technologies. Five exhibitions, several evenings of concerts, performances and DJ sets, professional meetings, and the screening of a documentary punctuate this free-entry edition, mainly at the Écuries - Pôle culturel Lorge.
]interstice[NOVA 2026 — 20th edition
From May 6 to 10, 2026, the ]interstice[ Festival returns to Caen for its 20th edition and inaugurates the ]interstice[NOVA format, dedicated to emerging creation at the crossroads of visual, sound, and digital arts, sciences, and technologies. The event is supported by Station Mir, Oblique/s, Manœuvre, and ésam Caen/Cherbourg, in partnership with l'Artothèque - Espaces d'art contemporain, Frac Normandie, Amavada, and the Ambivalences program.
The festival features five exhibitions visible daily (generally from 2 PM to 6 PM) at the Écuries - Pôle culturel Lorge, l'Artothèque, and Frac Normandie, as well as several evenings of concerts, sound performances, and DJ sets. The entire event offers free entry. A screening of the documentary Convergences (RJ-motion), dedicated to the arts and sciences productions of the Millénaire 2025 project by the City of Caen, completes the program.
Programme ]interstice[ 2026
Exhibitions — May 6 to 10, 2026 (2 PM-6 PM)
- Latence.grotte — Jingqi Yuan (Écuries): hybrid space blending 3D printed vegetation and LEDs
- Data ich — Adèle & Emma Leseigneur Leullier (Écuries): sculpture, sound, and performance installation
- Recalls — Lukas Persyn (Écuries): homage to radio transmission towers, mirrors, and optics
- La vague irrésolue — Clément Davout & Léo Fourdrinier (Artothèque): acoustic landscape from hydrophone recordings
- Polivision — Lorène Plé (Frac Normandie): light exploration installation
- Screening of the documentary Convergences (RJ-motion) at the Écuries
Wednesday, May 6, 2026
- Opening reception and event launch
- Collectif Magma — DJ Set + VJing
Thursday, May 7, 2026
- Adèle & Emma Leseigneur Leullier — « La traite », sound performance
- SHHE — live, multidisciplinary sound artist (voice and modular synthesizer)
- Dela Savelli — live, hyperpop / electronic R'n'B
Saturday, May 9, 2026
- Alan Affichard — « Swell », sound performance
- Emilie Škrijelj — « Glitch », live accordion and electroacoustic materials
- Myria Idha — DJ set
Prices ]interstice[ 2026
]interstice[ — 2027 edition
The 2026 edition was held from 6 May to 10 May 2026. The dates for the 2027 edition have not been announced yet. This page will be updated as soon as the official programme is published.
Practical information — ]interstice[
Practical Information
Location
Various locations in Caen: Artothèque, Écuries Lorge, ésam Caen/Cherbourg, and other cultural spaces. 14000 Caen, Calvados, Normandy.
Access
- By car: Parking available in Caen city center.
- By train: Caen SNCF station, then walk or take the tram to the various festival venues.
Prices
- Exhibitions: free entry
- Concerts and performances: variable prices
Ticketing
Program and information on festival-interstice.net.
Contact
- Website: festival-interstice.net
- Instagram: @festival.interstice
A festival at the crossroads of art and technology
The festival ]interstice[ was born in 2006 under the artistic direction of Station Mir, a production and distribution structure dedicated to visual and digital arts based in Caen. Station Mir has been supporting, producing, and presenting the work of numerous international artists experimenting with the links between art and technology since 1995, creating works that blend sound, image, and digital elements and explore interactions with other disciplines such as science and research.
An artistic journey through the city
The ]interstice[ festival unfolds in various locations in Caen, offering a route of exhibitions and sound walks through the city. Among the venues involved: the Artothèque, the Écuries Lorge, the ésam Caen/Cherbourg (higher education school of arts and media), and various cultural spaces. The festival also hosts a program of performances, concerts, shows, and talks.
International collaborations
]interstice[ maintains partnerships with international artistic organizations, notably in Canada, Scotland, the Netherlands, and Belgium. These collaborations allow the festival to host artists from around the world and foster exchanges between the European and North American digital art scenes.
The special edition ]interstice[1000 for the Millennium of Caen
To celebrate the Millennium of Caen in 2025, the festival took on exceptional scope with ]interstice[1000, a program extending from spring 2024 to autumn 2025. This project, led by Station Mir, Oblique/s, Manœuvre, and the Laboratoire Modulaire de l'ésam Caen/Cherbourg, featured artistic residencies, exhibitions in thirteen different sites, and carte blanche invitations to international partners. The program concluded at the end of 2025 with an event marking the publication of a book on the 20 years of the festival and a documentary.
Where does it take place — ]interstice[
]interstice[ in brief
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