The call for proposals for the International Symposium on Digital Creation, ISEA2023, is launched

5 mai 2022

ISEA (International Symposium on Electronic Art) is one of the most important international artistic and technological events. It takes place every year and will be held this year from June 10 to 16. In 2023, ISEA will take place from May 16 to 21 in Paris, co-organized by Le Cube, EnsadLab, the research laboratory of the École des Arts Décoratifs, and the Forum des Images de Paris. The call for academic and artistic projects around the theme of symbiosis is launched.

The International Symposium on Digital Creation, ISEA2023, will bring together 2,000 creators, experts, researchers and innovators and over 100,000 spectators. Sixty countries will participate in the event which, while highlighting the French ecosystem, will raise awareness of new forms of digital creation among the general public.

This major event on the world scene of digital arts, creative industries and cultural innovation will take place in Paris at the Forum des Images from May 16 to 21 and throughout France in more than 100 partner venues in spring 2023, on the theme of Symbiosis.

The artistic program will be spread over more than 100 partner venues in Paris and France, during several weeks, in spring 2023. The different themes of the itineraries will allow spectators to discover numerous digital works: installations, virtual or augmented realities, video games, design, digital books, films, concerts…

The academic program will bring together, from May 16 to 21, many actors of digital creation at the Forum des images – TUMO Paris, and on a virtual platform. Conferences, round tables, scientific posters, institutional presentations, artists’ talks and workshops will take place, the latest advances in digital art, design and creative industries will also be presented.

The call for applications

The organizing committee has launched a call for applications for this 28th edition of the International Symposium on Digital Creation, ISEA2023.

Artistic proposals are accepted until May 26, with the selection announcement on July 29.
Academic projects are received until June 13 and selection announced on September 30, 2022.

This call for applications is open ” in a non-limitative way to artists, designers, researchers, makers, hackers, game designers, engineers (…) and to all types of organizations (universities, schools, research organizations, companies, NGOs, associations, third places…).”

The committee strongly encourages cooperation between different fields, sectors and disciplines, as well as cross-disciplinary approaches that question boundaries.

All fields and disciplines of research, all fields of creation as well as all fields of activity related to the creative industries (video games, new media…) are eligible in the following forms