Culture Montréal: digital creativity in the spotlight

Experts, newcomers, practitioners and decision-makers gathered at the Rio Tinto Alcan Planetarium to discussdigital creativity. Culture Montréal addressed the subject at the heart of Printemps numérique by organizing the round table Digital creativity to foster local

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development and the international influence of Montréal, cultural metropolis.

The event drew a full house.Anne-Marie Jean, executive director of Culture Montréal, said she was delighted with this first edition. The choice of panellists was vast because Montréal has so many extraordinary projects, and things are moving so quickly that it is hard to keep up with the pace of creation. She found it stimulating to see projects that position Montréal as a major centre for digital creation.

Asecond editionhas alreadybeen announced fornext year, because it is important to pause, take the pulse, learn,exchange and build.Nicolas  Reeves,David Dufresne,Louis-Richard Tremblay,Amélie Coulombe-Boulet,Alain Mongeau, Valérie Lamontagne and Sébastien Gauthier addressed identity and influence: Montréal

and its artists. Sofian Audry, Yves Amyot,

Albane Guy, Joël Pourbaix, Yannick Guéguen, Maryse Dumouchel and Justine Chapleau explored digital creativity, citizen participation and living together.

For city councillor Manon Gauthier, responsible for culture, heritage, design, Espace pour la vie, the status of women and the Bureau de la mode, it is essential to consider the future of digital technology. Montréal offers an internationally recognized incubator laboratory for digital arts. Itsculture remains its strongest characteristic. The digital buzz is real and only beginning; the city must remain in the leading group, convince people to invest and promote the metropolis.

According to her, the main challengeis

to stay technologically up

to date and to anchor digital technology in the concept of the smart city. Digitalpower grows when citizens interact with it and with their environment. Printemps numérique spokesperson Mélissa Mongiat is interested in this relationship, which improves quality of life in cities. There is extraordinary potential to create spaces for exchange with the public and to share knowledge and ideas. We are defining new agoras for citizen participation and digital neighbourhoods. Although Montréal is widely discussed internationally, the benefits do not yet match the effort invested. That, she says, is why Printemps numérique exists.