Philippe Franck is a co-curator of TRACES. Philippe Franck is the director and founder of Transcultures (since 1996), Centre for electronic and sound cultures now based in Mons, Belgium. He launched City Sonic, sound art festival in Mons in 2003 and Les Transnumeriques, digital arts & electronic cultures biennial in 2005 (several cities in Belgium and in France). He has curated many sound/multimedia/interdisciplinary exhibitions, events and festivals in Belgium, France and abroad. He also teaches on digital arts in the Brussels Art School of La Cambre and writes regularly on those topics.