Encouraging intersectoral cooperation and project development at the crossroads of sciences, technologies and arts, the city of Caen now counts more than 1,000 firms employing about 5,000 people in the creative field of Media Arts on its territory. With the city’s active participation, local initiatives, such as the support platforms Oblique/s and Station Mire, have demonstrated the important role played by Caen in the creative field of Media Arts. Most notably, the city’s Interstice Festival provides an opportunity to citizens and visitors to discover the work of local and international media artists, while involving each neighborhood of the city in the organization of the event to foster social inclusion and guarantee accessibility to culture for all.
Moreover, Caen has long been an important supporter of pioneering digital artists. It positions itself as an incubator of digital talents, with a prominent focus on the valorization and emergence of local media artists by awarding annually grants for visual and digital projects. Supporting the use of media arts in educational and academic contexts, especially in the frame of Millenium Caen 2025 project, the Creative City of Caen aims to harness the potential of media arts to reduce social and gender inequalities, and to train future enlightened citizens capable of understanding, promoting and defending UNESCO’s mandate and value.