Media arts: arts related to new technologies, video and film.

In Montréal, culture is first and foremost the result of a critical mass of creative talent in a variety of fields, interacting and investing its resources in its work. Its contribution sustains the vitality of local creativity by continuously integrating new technological and media concepts, which, in turn, help create new forms of expression, often collaboratively or via interdisciplinary, intercultural and international exchange.

Cyberculture is not a passing fad. Today’s world rests on social and economic foundations that did not even exist a few years ago. In an era where interaction between the arts and new technologies marks the world’s new artistic and cultural frontier, Montréal can pride itself on being one of the world capitals of cyberculture – the artistic and social expression of the penetration by digital technology of nearly every human activity.

Its media arts centres and products, the remarkable contribution of its universities, the diversity and renown of its cybercultural thinkers, the ingenuity of its researchers, and the number and quality of its e-magazines, have bestowed on Montréal an enviable international reputation in the world of cyberculture. Moreover, a high percentage of the world’s animation and special effects software are produced by local firms or companies firmly established in Montréal.