How did you become programming manager at Le Cube?
While studying at IESA, I was working on the ISEA2000 festival (International Symposium on Electronic Art), which, for its tenth anniversary, was organized in France by ART3000. I was a production manager on the installations, CD-ROMs, and so on. In 2001, when ART3000 was commissioned to manage Le Cube, its director, Stéphanie Fraysse-Ripert, with whom I had worked on ISEA2000, offered me the programming of this new venue dedicated to electronic arts.
What are your responsibilities?
I handle the programming and production of all the artistic events at Le Cube: exhibitions, video evenings, meetings with artists, workshops, performances, and more. I also manage external partnerships on programming, notably with Radio France. I also sit on various juries for competitions or grants awarded to artists who use digital media in their practice.
Is there a trend emerging today in digital arts?
Digital art is made up of people who each have different and complementary skills. It would be reductive to try to define a trend. With my programming, I try to introduce people to all facets of digital art and make it accessible to as many people as possible.
IESA is celebrating its 25th anniversary. What does the institute mean to you?
IESA is above all people who believed in me and supported me. IESA was my "springboard."