Artist Residencies in France: A Powerful Ecosystem for New Media Creation
These residency programs are not just places to stay and work: they are production and research grants designed to support artists at different stages of their projects. Depending on the program, artists receive access to studios and labs, technical expertise, curatorial support, research environments, and often financial or in-kind production support.
What makes the French system distinct is its diversity of formats and contexts. Residencies may last from a few days to several months and can focus on experimentation, creation, production, or dissemination. Many programs are embedded in cultural institutions, research centers, universities, festivals or cross-disciplinary labs, encouraging collaborations between artists, scientists, engineers and cultural professionals. A significant number of residencies are open to international artists, with several specifically designed to welcome artists from abroad.
Below is a curated overview of key residency opportunities supporting new media and digital and immersive art in France and internationally. The information presented in this directory is drawn from the Guide to Funding for Creation in Digital Environments, a publication produced by HACNUM, the French national network for hybrid arts and digital cultures. Founded in 2020, HACNUM brings together a wide ecosystem of digital creation stakeholders in France, including artists, residency spaces, festivals, art centers, production structures, researchers, and cultural professionals. The guide is the result of a collaborative mapping effort conducted with members of the HACNUM network and the Regional Directorates for Cultural Affairs (DRAC).
Supported financially by the French Ministry of Culture (Directorate General for Artistic Creation), this list offers concrete entry points for artists looking to develop projects, access resources, and connect with the French and European creative ecosystems.
Select Residency Programs Supporting Digital and New Media Art
AADN
Location: Lyon
Residency Type: Research / Creation / Production
Application Deadlines: two annual open calls (January and September)
Duration: 3 to 5 days
Disciplines: Hybrid Arts (Immersive Creation)
Theme: In a World of Blur
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AADN & Consortium of Planetariums / Cultural Institutions
Location: Vaulx-en-Velin / Paris / Nantes
Residency Type: Creation / Production
Application Deadline: One annual open call (spring)
Duration: 19 to 20 days
Disciplines: Dome-Based Creation, Art & Science, Hybrid Arts
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Collectif Coin – Digital Ghetto
Location: Grenoble
Residency Type: Creation
Duration: Maximum 7 days, renewable
Disciplines: Digital Art
Theme: N/A
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Atelier Arts Sciences
Location: Meylan / Grenoble
Residency Type: Research / Creation / Production
Application Deadline: Open year-round
Duration: Variable
Disciplines: Art, Science, Digital Culture
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La Conciergerie
Location: La Motte-Servolex
Residency Type: Creation / Production
Application Deadline: N/A
Duration: 1 week to 1 month
Disciplines: Visual Arts, Digital Art
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Les SUBS
Location: Lyon
Residency Type: Creation
Application Deadline: N/A
Duration: N/A
Disciplines: Theatre, Dance, Music, Circus, Digital Art
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GRAME CNCM
Location: Lyon
Residency Type: Research / Rehearsals / Experimentation / Development
Disciplines: Musical creation or multi-disciplinary projects with a strong musical component
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VIDEOFORMES
Location: Clermont-Ferrand
Residency Type: Creation / Production
Application Periods: May–June and September–October
Disciplines: Hybrid and Digital Arts, Video
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VIDEOFORMES – Research Residency
Location: Clermont-Ferrand
Residency Type: Research
Duration: 7 weeks
Disciplines: Hybrid and Digital Arts, Video
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Château de Goutelas
Location: Marcoux
Residency Type: Creation / Research
Duration: 1 to 4 weeks
Disciplines: Visual and Digital Arts, Contemporary Music, Live Performance
Theme: Humanism, Law, and Creation
Programs:
- Odyssée (international artists)
- Nora (refugee artists in France)
Théâtre Nouvelle Génération
Location: Lyon
Residency Type: Creation / Production / Research
Duration: Variable
Disciplines: Live Performance, Theatre
Focus: Hybrid Writing Forms
Programs:
- Residency by invitation
- Couveuse
- Vivier (2-year program)
- Chimère (with MCC)
Université de Franche-Comté
Location: Besançon
Residency Type: Research / Creation
Duration: Variable
Disciplines: Hybrid Arts
Theme: “One lab, one artist, one artwork”
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Espace Multimédia Gantner
Location: Bourogne
Residency Type: Research / Creation / Production
Application Deadline: Open year-round
Duration: Variable
Disciplines: Digital Arts, Sound Arts
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Electroni[k]
Location: Rennes
Residency Type: Creation / Production
Duration: Variable
Disciplines: Visual Arts, Digital Art
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EMAP – Antre-Peaux
Location: Bourges
Residency Type: Research / Creation / Production
Application Deadline: September
Duration: 2 months
Disciplines: Digital Arts, Media Arts, Bio-Art
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BLIIIDA
Location: Metz
Residency Type: Research / Creation / Production
Application Deadline: Open year-round
Duration: Variable
Disciplines: Visual Arts, Live Performance, Digital Art
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Les Dominicains
Location: Guebwiller
Residency Type: Creation
Application Deadline: Open year-round
Duration: Variable
Disciplines: Music, Visual Arts, Digital Art
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PUZZLE
Location: Thionville
Residency Type: Creation / Production
Application Deadline: Open year-round
Duration: Variable
Disciplines: Sound Art, Music, Video, Digital Arts, Plastic Arts
Theme: Recording Studio Available
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Ososphère
Location: Strasbourg
Residency Type: Research / Creation / Production
Duration: Variable
Disciplines: Digital Art and Culture
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Saint-Ex, Culture Numérique
Location: Reims
Residency Type: Research / Creation
Duration: Variable
Disciplines: Digital Art and Culture
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La Kunsthalle
Location: Mulhouse
Residency Type: Research / Creation / Production
Duration: 1 month
Disciplines: Visual Arts, Design, Video, Photography, New Technologies, Curation
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ASCA
Location: Beauvais
Residency Type: Creation / Production / Research
Duration: Variable
Disciplines: Live AV Performance, Cine-Concerts, Digital Installations
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AIRLAB – Université de Lille / Le Fresnoy
Location: Lille
Residency Type: Creation / Research
Duration: 1 year
Disciplines: Visual, Audiovisual, Theatrical, Choreographic, Musical, Literary
Theme: Research Laboratory Residency
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Video Mapping European Center
Location: Lille
Residency Type: Creation / Production
Duration: 2 to 3 months
Disciplines: Video Mapping
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Art Explora & Cité Internationale des Arts
Location: Paris
Residency Type: Creation / Production
Disciplines: Visual, Performative, and Digital Arts
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Château Éphémère
Location: Carrières-sous-Poissy
Residency Type: Creation
Application Deadline: Open year-round
Duration: Variable
Disciplines: Digital Art, Sound Art, New Narratives
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Observatoire de l’Espace
Location: Paris
Residency Type: Creation
Duration: January to April / October
Disciplines: All Disciplines
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La Maison Populaire
Location: Montreuil
Residency Type: Research / Creation / Production
Application Deadline: N/A
Duration: 9 non-consecutive months
Disciplines: Digital and Multi-Media Art / Exhibition Curation
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Synesthésie
Location: Saint-Denis
Residency Type: Research / Creation
Application Deadline: N/A
Duration: 1 year
Disciplines: Visual Arts
Theme: Linked to the local territory
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Le Lavoir Numérique
Location: Grand-Orly Seine Bièvre
Residency Type: Creation / Production
Application Deadline: N/A
Disciplines: Still Image, Moving Image, Digital Sound
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Le CENTQUATRE–Paris
Location: Paris
Residency Type: Research / Creation / Production
Application Deadline: Open year-round
Duration: 1–3 weeks (trial); up to 6 weeks (Némo)
Disciplines: Digital Arts, Visual Arts, Performance, Music
Theme: Némo open call (biennial)
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Décalab
Location: Malakoff
Residency Type: Research / Creation / Production
Application Deadline: Open year-round
Duration: Variable
Disciplines: Visual and Plastic Arts
Theme: Artists and Companies
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SIANA – The Imaginary of Technologies
Location: Evry
Residency Type: Creation / Production
Application Deadline: N/A
Duration: Variable
Disciplines: Digital art
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Centre for Contemporary Art Enghien-les-Bains
Location: Enghien-les-Bains
Residency Type: Associated Artist / Creation / Research
Application Deadline: N/A
Duration: Variable
Disciplines: Multi-disciplinary Practices, Public and Urban Space, Intergenerational Exchange, Art–Science, Media Hybridization, Innovation, Immersive Environments, Artificial Intelligence, Robotics, Augmented Body, Multi-Media Projects
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104 & Taiwan Creative Content Agency (TAICCA)
Location: Paris / Taiwan
Residency Type: Creation / Production
Duration: 3 weeks
Disciplines: Immersive Arts, XR
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Château Éphémère
Residency Type: Creation
Application Deadline: N/A
Duration: 1 month
Themes: Digital Arts, Sound Arts, and New Narratives
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Station MIR
Location: Caen
Residency Type: Creation / Production
Application Deadline: N/A
Duration: Variable
Disciplines: Visual, Sound, and Digital Arts
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L’Unique / Musée Dehors
Location: Caen
Residency Type: Creation / Production
Application Deadline: N/A
Duration: From a few days to 1 year
Disciplines: Visual Arts, Urban Arts, Design, Digital Arts
Theme: Projects connected to public space in the city of Caen
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INSA Rouen Normandie
Location: Saint-Étienne-du-Rouvray
Residency Type: Creation / Production
Application Deadline: N/A
Duration: Project-based
Disciplines: Art & Science, Digital Art, Visual Arts, Dance, Music, Theatre, Cinema, Photography
Theme: Experimental framework requiring specific scientific expertise
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Le Bel Ordinaire
Location: Pau
Residency Type: Creation
Duration: Variable
Disciplines: Visual Arts, Scenography, Design, Exhibition Curation
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Lieu Multiple
Location:Poitiers
Residency type: Creation
Application Deadline: N/A
Duration: 1 week to 1 month
Disciplines: Digital Art
Theme: N/A
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ALCA Nouvelle-Aquitaine / Chalet Mauriac
Location: Bordeaux
Residency type: Creation / Production
Application Deadline: N/A
Duration: 4 weeks for a creative duo (mid-June to mid-July each year)
Disciplines: Literature, Digital Arts, Visual Arts, Sound Arts
Theme: Multi-Media Writing Residency
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Stereolux
Location: Nantes
Residency Type: Writing / Experimentation / Creation
Application Deadline: Open year-round
Duration: 1 week to 1 month
Disciplines: Digital arts, hybrid practices, music
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Laval Virtual – Recto VRso
Location: Mayenne
Residency Type: Festival open call
Application Deadline: N/A
Duration: 1 week
Disciplines: Digital art, VR, AR, XR
Theme: In situ experimentation
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La Fruitière Numérique
Location: Lourmarin
Residency Type: Research / Creation
Application Deadline: N/A
Duration: Variable
Disciplines: Research and Creation (Broad Scope)
Theme: Virtual reality
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La Folie Numérique – Fées d’Hiver
Location: Crévoux
Residency Type: Creation / Production / Dissemination
Application Deadline: Open year-round
Duration: Variable
Disciplines: Digital Arts, Visual Arts, Theatre, Dance, Music, Circus, Design, Cinema
ThemeS: Digital Installations or Live Performance Connected to the Host Territory
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Le Grenier à Sel – Fondation EDIS
Location: Avignon
Residency Type: Creation / Production
Application Deadline: N/A
Duration: N/A
Disciplines: Visual, Plastic, and Digital Arts
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LAB-GAMERZ
Location: Aix-en-Provence
Residency Type: Creation / Production
Application Deadline: N/A
Duration: Variable
Disciplines: Digital Practices, 3D Video, Robotics, Holography, Immersive 3D, Programming
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Le Hublot
Location: Nice
Residency Type: Research / Creation / Production
Application Deadline: N/A
Duration: Variable
Disciplines: Dance, Music, Digital Technology
Theme: Four Residencies Supporting Regional Circulation of Works
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Chroniques / Seconde Nature / ZINC
Location: Aix–Marseille
Residency Type: Creation / Production
Application Deadline: N/A
Duration: Variable
Disciplines: Digital Arts and Cultures
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Lieux Publics
Location: Marseille
Residency Type: Creation / Production
Application Deadline: N/A
Duration: Variable
Disciplines: Visual Arts, Design, New Technologies, Photography, Video
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IMéRA
Location: Marseille
Residency Type: Research / Creation
Application Deadline: N/A
Duration: Variable
Disciplines: Visual Arts, Video Art, Digital Arts
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GMEM
Location: Marseille
Residency Type: Research / Creation
Application Deadline: N/A
Duration: Variable
Disciplines: Music, Digital Art
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Hangars Numériques / Animated Dance Research Center
Location: Saint-Denis, La Réunion
Residency Type: Research / Creation / Co-production
Application Deadline: Annual
Duration: Variable
Disciplines: Intersection of Living Systems and Digital Technologies
Theme: Animated Dance (youth projects encouraged) / Biodiversity
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Villa Formose
Location: Taipei, Taiwan
Residency Type: Creation / Production / Research
Disciplines: Immersive Arts, New Narratives, Innovative Live Arts, Augmented Reality
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Villa Albertine – 2027 Season
Location: USA (New York, Boston, Washington, Chicago, Atlanta, Miami, New Orleans, Houston, Los Angeles, San Francisco)
Residency Type: Creation / Production / Research
Duration: 1 to 3 months
Disciplines: Arts (Broad Scope)
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Te Ataata – French Embassy in New Zealand
Location: Auckland, New Zealand
Residency Type: Interdisciplinary Art–Science Research (Creative Technologies)
Disciplines: Art & Design, Communication, Engineering, Mathematics, Computer Science, Creative Technologies
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Quantum Studio Arts & Sciences
Location: Vancouver, Canada
Disciplines: Artistic Practices Intersecting with Quantum Sciences
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Cybernate – Pôle Pixel
Location: Lyon
Program: Franco-Irish Residency (led by Galway Culture Company)
Residency Type: Research
Application Deadline: N/A
Grant: €4,000 + Accommodation & Travel Support
Partners: Pôle Pixel, HACNUM, CREW, French Embassy in Ireland, ATU
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Contact
Camille Jeanjean, New Media Officer, Villa Albertine: camille.jeanjean@villa-albertine.org