On 14 and 15 October 2026, I was part of the international delegation invited by MTL connecte, Montréal’s digital week, and by Printemps numérique. Two days crossing the city, from one artist-run centre to the next, with six other guests.
The setting: MTL connecte 2026
MTL connecte is Montréal’s digital week, organised by Printemps numérique. It was created “to connect the minds shaping the digital world”: technology, culture, business and society. More than 3,000 participants, from more than 45 countries.
The 8th edition took place from 13 to 16 October 2026 at the SAT, 1201 boulevard Saint-Laurent, around one theme: digital sovereignty, a digital world built collectively, through dialogue and collaboration.
International delegations are part of the programme. Ours spent two days meeting the places that make digital creation happen in Montréal.
The route
Here is where we went. I will come back to each venue in a separate article.
Wednesday 14 October
- 9:15 am · Daphne, 5425 avenue Casgrain, unit 103. Montréal’s first Indigenous-led artist-run centre: exhibitions, residencies and community-based projects.
- 10:45 am · Ada X, 4001 rue Berri, unit 201. A bilingual feminist artist-run centre devoted to media arts and digital culture, supporting the work of women and of trans, non-binary and queer artists. A meeting with the artists Wawa Li and Aglaë Brown.
- 11:40 am · World Creation Studio, 3995 rue Berri. A non-profit giving young and emerging artists resources, studio access and programmes.
- 1:30 pm · OBORO, 4001 rue Berri. An artist-run centre dedicated to presenting and producing visual, media and digital art.
Thursday 15 October
- 9:15 am · VOX, centre de l’image contemporaine, 2 rue Sainte-Catherine Est. Large exhibitions on finely focused questions, and a way of sharing what we learn about images and how they are made.
- 11 am · Panel “Promoting cultural heritage through digital creation”. At the SAT, at the heart of MTL connecte.
- 1:45 pm · Private tour of the Quartier des spectacles, from the Esplanade Tranquille, with Guillaume Aniorté of Quartier des spectacles international.
- 4:45 pm · Eastern Bloc, 55 rue de Louvain Ouest, studios 53 and 480. An artist-run centre at the intersection of art, science and technology, a pioneer of digital art in Québec since 2007. A meeting with Milton Riaño and his project.
The delegation
- Jérémy Oury, a French digital artist and curator based between France and Mexico. He explores our relationships with digital environments through light, sound and immersion.
- Jean-Marie Dallet, an artist with the SLIDERS_lab collective, exhibition curator and full professor at Sorbonne University (Paris), where he co-leads the Arts, Sciences, Societies research axis of the ACTE Institute.
- Géraldine Bueken, producer, screenwriter and “phygital” strategist, working across heritage, media, immersive experiences and AI. Founder and director of XR4Heritage.
- David Gauthier, assistant professor of computational media and arts in the Department of Media and Culture Studies at Utrecht University.
- Rosa Menkman, a Dutch artist and researcher specialising in glitch art and resolution theory (Beyond Resolution).
- Alain Gallez, founder of Stereopsia, an international event dedicated to immersive technologies and content.
- And me, sculptor, photographer and digital specialist: I use digital twins to preserve tangible and intangible heritage.
The delegation is presented on the Milieux website.
Thank you to MTL connecte and Printemps numérique for the invitation, and to all the teams who opened their doors to us.
The programme
