The document summarizes the 5th Computer Art Congress held from October 26-28, 2016 in Paris, France. The conference included 29 talks, 2 invited talks, 1 roundtable, and 11 artworks. It had a total of 80 submissions and 45 accepted presentations for an acceptance rate of 56%. The proceedings were later published containing the presentations and were made freely available as a 468-page PDF online. The scientific committee consisted of 34 members from various academic institutions around the world specializing in digital art and new media.