Le Cube, the first cultural space dedicated entirely to digital creation, opened its doors in September 2001. Created at the initiative of the city of Issy-les-Moulineaux, ICT pioneer in France, Le Cube is managed by ART3000, an association that has been involved in the field of digital arts since 1988.
Le Cube's mission is to inform and educate the public about the use of information and communication technologies in the artistic and cultural field. Far from seeing digital technology as an end in itself, Le Cube is keen to show that it is a means: a means of accessing culture and knowledge, a means of expression and creation.
As a showcase for digital creation, Le Cube closely associates creation and dissemination thanks to the coexistence in one place of a structure that combines artists' residencies and exhibition spaces. It also supports the emergence of new forms of artistic creation while at the same time offering them a showcase accessible to the general public.
Le Cube offers artists access to a technical production platform and production assistance.
Launched in 1999, the Virtools and ART3000 - Le Cube Partnership aims to give artists an opportunity to further their research and realize projects using interactive 3D that is based on a behavioral approach. The ART3000 - Le Cube Workshop is equipped with the Virtools authoring platform and is open free of charge to selected artists.
