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call: 6th Addis Video Art Festival

Mon, 04 May 2026 11:05:15 +0200

Deadline: 1 August 2026
Call for entries

6th Addis Video Art Festival
26-30 December 2026 – Addis Ababa Ethiopia

OPEN THEME
For this edition, the Addis Video Art Festival invites submissions within an open thematic framework. Rather than prescribing a specific topic, the festival will encompass a wide range of artistic approaches, encouraging practitioners to engage critically and reflectively with video art as a medium of flow and flux, both as documentation and as a process of creation. It positions the moving image as a form capable of mirroring the complexities and nuances of lived experience. The festival welcomes works that explore the moving image as a device for articulating current and historical contexts, inquiries, and urgencies. It seeks projects that innovatively interrogate and expand the possibilities of moving-image practice, fostering encounters that provoke reflection, interpretation, and dialogue. Through this, the festival aims to create space for audiences to process, question, and engage more deeply with the world around them.

About
Addis Video Art Festival intends to provide a platform for innovative video art in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The festival will screen throughout the city in a variety of locations including street corners, rooftops, public centers and art centers. By sharing video art in both conventional and non-conventional settings, the festival will reach both the artist community and the everyday passerby. The festival aims to create a dialogue between local, and international artists by encouraging digital media culture.

Regulations and Guidelines

• Free submission
• Open to national and international artists
• Submission deadline: August 1, 2026
• Open theme
• Single-channel videos only
• Works must have been produced within the past three years.
• No AI-produced work unless it relates to the concept of the short.
• If the work includes a language other than English, English subtitles are required.
• Maximum duration: 15 minutes
• Up to two works may be submitted per artist, with a separate entry form required for each submission.
• Selected artists will be notified by November 1, at which point a screening copy will be requested.
• Artists are responsible for securing all copyrights for materials used in their work.
• By submitting, the artist agrees to grant the festival permission to screen the selected work during the festival dates and in future programs related to the same edition.

Entry form
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/16Ex2zDUKy_kAnl5UH-uCrrKCwBoJYZMf0nhQo-iIf6Q/viewform?pli=1&pli=1&edit_requested=true
contacts
contact@addisvideoartfestival.net

call: LOVE – POWER – PEACE – The future is now!

Tue, 28 Apr 2026 10:30:46 +0200

Extended Deadline: 31 July 2026
Call for entries

LOVE – POWER – PEACE – The future is now!

LOVE – POWER – PEACE – was the key slogan of the younger generation in the 1960s. At that time, the Vietnam War, the Cold War, with its confrontation of opposing ideological blocs, inequality on all levels, and civil rights movements, led to a desire for peace, equality, and fraternity, and especially to a willingness to bring about change in society, both internally and externally, through an overflowing spiritual and physical energy. This was also reflected in the art and musical movements of the time.

How similar the images are today! Today, war in Ukraine, the confrontation between democratic and politically authoritarian blocs, growing inequality between rich and poor, and unstoppable climate change, coupled with the danger of losing all the achievements of the past decades, have led to a desire for peace, equality, sustainability as living perspectives for future generations. But where is the necessary spiritual and physical energy?

This is the theme of this new project, curated by Wilfried Agricola de Cologne for “The New Museum of Networked Art.” Artists working with moving images are invited to submit their new videos that visualize this spiritual and physical energy using innovative content and design methods.

Please use the following entry form for submitting videos only which have not been submitted before and use for each submitted video a separate entry form.

Regulations

– extended deadline: 31 July 2026
– no age limit
– no entry fee
– submissions by film/video from all countries on the globe to be submitted exclusively online
– max 3 works can be submitted for each category film/video
– wanted: single channel videos in mp4 – duration between 1 minute and 10 minutes (exceptions possible on request)
– creations using language and/or text other than English need English subtitles
– The full-length films/videos may be produced between 2015-2024. The submission of extracts is not accepted!!
– The video preview copy – mp4 HD – have to be made available for download via Swiss Transfer https://www.swisstransfer.com /WETRANSFER or from VIMEO or Youtube (link)
– only selected artists will be notified after the deadline and invited to send the HD screening copy of the selected video in best screening quality.
– The New Museum of Networked Art is looking for innovative and experimental approaches in dealing with contents and technology

Entry Form - please cut and paste
Please use for each piece to be submitted a new entry form

1.
artist/director

a) full name
b) full address
c) email, URL
d) short bio (max. 100 words, English only)

2.
please select
2. film/video

a) title English – original (max 3 works)
b) URL home page, (Internet address for download)
c) year of production
d) duration
e) work synopsis (max. 100 words/submission, English only)
f) 2 screenshots for each submitted work (jpg, HD 1920×1080 px)

Please add this declaration & sign it with your full name & email address
\
I, the submitter/author, declare to be the holder of all rights on the submitted work.
In case the work is selected, I give it to “ The New Museum of Networked Art, as a non-exclusive donation including the permission to include the work in the project context online and in physical space for screenings /exhibitions and the use of screenshots for non-commercial promotional purposes free of charge.
//

Please use for each submission a separate entry form

Please use this email address for submitting
artvideokoeln (at) gmail.com
and following subject line “LovPoP-“

The New Museum of Networked Art
Alphabet Art Centre
https://alphabet.nmartproject.net

call: Laterale Film Festival Cosenza 2026

Wed, 08 Apr 2026 11:07:18 +0200

Deadline: 30 April 2026
Call for entries

LATERALE FILM FESTIVAL 2026

Laterale is an international non-competitive festival of cinematic art organized by the Associazione Culturale Laterale. Its aim is to highlight the most innovative aspects of contemporary audiovisual languages and to bridge the gap between artistic research and public engagement. Particular attention is given to young and independent filmmakers, as well as to self-made, no-budget works that result from individual exploration.

The tenth edition of Laterale will take place in Cosenza (Italy), at cinema San Nicola, in August 2026. The festival promotes a free and stimulating platform for sharing, showcasing what is usually neglected or rejected due to its departure from conventional approaches to making and interpreting cinema. It is a space that breaks down barriers and prejudices, resisting massification and standardization; a space that aims to become an artistic laboratory where the cinema of the future can be discovered today.

Dates: August 27–29, 2026

Call for Entries 2026

1) Films of all genres, styles, and narrative forms released on or after January 1st, 2024, are eligible.
2) Films must have a maximum length of 20 minutes, including credits.
3) Films may only be submitted via Filmfreeway.
4) Seven deadlines are provided.
5) The registration fee is non-refundable and is considered a voluntary contribution to Associazione Culturale Laterale for the event’s organization.
6) The film selection is curated by the festival’s artistic direction; notification of selection must remain confidential until the program is announced.
7) Once selected, films cannot be withdrawn from the festival.
8) Some frames from the selected films may be used for festival promotional purposes.
9) Selected films will be added to the Laterale Film Festival archive and will not be commercially exploited to protect the interests of the authors and producers. The organizers commit to using the films solely for cultural purposes.
10) Films submitted in previous editions and not selected will not be considered.
11) The festival’s direction reserves the right to include in the Lateral Selection films that slightly exceed the scheduled time limits but are considered significant for their artistic value.
12) Participation in the festival implies full acceptance of these regulations. The artistic direction has final judgment on any controversial cases.

Call: https://www.lateralefilmfestival.com/call-for-entries/
Filmfreeway: https://filmfreeway.com/lateralefilmfestival
Website: https://www.lateralefilmfestival.com/
FB: https://www.facebook.com/lateralefilmfestival
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/laterale_film_festival
Email: lateralefilmfestival@gmail.com

call: Self-Funded Residency for Audio-Visual Artists in Bali

Sun, 05 Apr 2026 16:03:19 +0200

Deadline: 31 May 2026
Call for entries

SELF-FUNDED RESIDENCY FOR AUDIO-VISUAL ARTIST

CushCush Gallery is launching its call for applications for the 2026 Artist Designer In Residence – ADIR 4U self-funded residency program.

The Artist Designer In Residence (ADIR) is a cross-disciplinary residency program initiated and organized by CushCush Gallery exploring the intersections of arts, design, crafts and cultural exchange with the belief that creativity is nurtured and enriched by the meeting of different cultures, people of all horizons and different worldviews. After 3 first successful editions with the support of the French Embassy in Indonesia and the French Institute in France and in Indonesia, the ADIR program is entering a new phase to expand the residency wider, by involving more stakeholders from the local and international creative ecosystem to further deepen the creative dialogue which has made this program so relevant.

In this new phase, ADIR will invite two designers, one from France and one from Indonesia in partnership with Arcade – Design à la campagne based in Burgundy. To enrich this unique experience, ADIR will welcome an audio-visual artist to participate in the residency alongside the two designers as part of the ADIR 4U self-funded residency program.

For its 2026 – 2027 edition, ADIR is responding to Arcade’s current involvement in Tomorrow, forests, a multi-disciplinary project blending science, practices, culture and creativity to explore the future of forests in the Burgundy region.

Everywhere in the world, forests are indeed increasingly at the center of crucial issues: sustainable management of natural resources, ecological degradation, transmission of forestry-related know-how and crafts, preservation of biodiversity, the evolution of our perception about these ecosystems that sustain our lives. Recent disruptions that impacted Bali further fuel ADIR’s direction towards environmental concerns.

Design and art are some of the disciplines through which the project aims to explore the bond between humans and forests, especially to invent new ways to better understand, interact with and highlight the value of these vital natural spaces. In association with the project, ADIR will provide a multicultural space of experimentation for the designers and the artist to develop their own interpretations and perspectives on this complex multi-faceted theme in specific local natural and cultural environments.

OBJECTIVES

While in Bali, the audio-visual artist will explore this complex topic through the island’s specific cultural and natural context with a focus on its rich arts and crafts traditions. The Balinese belief of living in harmony with God, Mankind and Nature (Tri Hita Karana) has attracted anthropologists, scholars, artists, and visitors alike since the 1920s. Its traditional arts and crafts remain deeply embedded in this belief and play a vital part of various religious rituals across the island. This richness has contributed to the island’s long historical success in tourism but also to an increasingly complex relationship between the preservation of its natural environment and economic development.

The audio-visual artist, alongside the selected designers, will be invited for a 4-week immersive residency, during which they will have the opportunity to explore and delve deeper into Bali’s rich natural environment, unique arts, crafts, traditions and culture through encounters with local artisans, artists and cultural practitioners. This will enable them to embrace the openness and local wisdom inherent in everyday living on the island and respond with sensitivity with his/her own interpretations. As a creative response to these encounters and to the residency’s theme, the artist will be expected to develop an original audio-visual work.

As part of the residency, the audio-visual artist will be expected to share about his/her experience and creative reflections in relation to the residency’s theme with the public in the form of a discussion session. The residency will culminate with an exhibition during which the audio-visual artist will present the result of his/her creative experience and explorations.

Following the return to his/her home country, the artist will complete his/her audio-visual work, which is expected to be showcased at events internationally.

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS:

Read our full guidelines, terms and conditions carefully to make sure you are eligible to apply:
Full call terms and conditions

Submit your application by filling our online form:
https://bit.ly/ADIR2026_ApplicationForm_ADIR4U

Please note that:
– Applications submitted through other means will not be accepted.
– Each candidate can submit only one application.
– All applications, including submitted documents must all be in English.
– Any false declaration will void the submitted application.

Application deadline: 31 May 2026, 23:59 (Indonesia Central Time Zone, GMT+8)

More info
https://cushcushgallery.com/ccg/adir4u2026/

call: 2026 Film and Video Poetry Symposium

Sat, 04 Apr 2026 12:27:58 +0200

Deadline: 31 August 2026
Call for entries

2026 Film and Video Poetry Symposium
Submissions Are Now Open
https://www.fvpsociety.com/callforentry

Poets, writers, filmmakers, animators, media and video artists are called to submit their work to the 2026 Film and Video Poetry Symposium.
Deadline Monday August 31, 2026

The symposium screens a wide range of films developed through the lens of poetry. We also feature a curated media and video art gallery, along with panels, speakers, workshops, and public dialogues.

The symposium calls all digital and film works that hybridize poetry, including, but not limited to videopoetry, poetry video, Cin(E)-Poetry, filmpoems, choreopoems, poetry films, digital-poetry, videopoema, motion poems, visual poetry, choreopoem, and poetronica.

Please also submit documentary, animation, and performance art that explores or evokes poetry.

New Technologies: artificial intelligence, virtual reality & experimental video games are called to submit. Media installations and video art (single, multi-channeled, and/or sculptural) that explore aspects of poetry or text art are regularly selected for our gallery.

We encourage experimental filmmakers to submit work that operates within or outside of the realm of poetry. Artists’ moving image, avant-garde, and slow cinema filmmakers are encouraged to do the same. The symposium highlights essay film, epistolary film, and oratorical works this way as well.

Please see the categories below for additional details.

Videopoetry / Poetry Film
Works completed digitally or on film in this category fuse spoken poetry and/or text with visual imagery; such as performance or graphics, and sound. This integration, in which elements may function both independently and interdependently, creates a heightened presentation and interpretation of meaning. (Also known as video poetry, video-visual poetry, poetry film, poetry video, media poetry, or Cin(E)-Poetry.)

Essay Film
An essay film (“cinematic essay” or “personal essay film”) consists of the evolution of a theme or an idea rather than a plot, or the film literally being a cinematic accompaniment to a narrator reading an essay. From another perspective, an essay film could be defined as a documentary film visual basis combined with a form of commentary that contains elements of an experience or a self-portrait (rather than autobiography), where the signature (rather than the life story) of the filmmaker is apparent.

Experimental
Operating outside the boundaries of occupied cinema, the field of experimental film, experimental cinema, (we include the avant-garde) are modes of filmmaking that rigorously re-evaluates cinematic conventions and explore non-narrative forms and alternatives to mainstream narratives or methods of filmmaking. These works may be boundary-pushing, personal, hermeneutic, political, and may operate wholly independently of poetry.

Documentary
Documentary is a nonfiction film or video work intended to constitute itself as a record of evidence about the past. The form is primarily used for archival records, instruction, education, advocacy, and journalism. The Film and Video Poetry Symposium will consider documentaries that contain or are focused on poets, poems, poetry, poetic technique, literary movements, and historical events within these realms.

Animation
Animations created through photographing successive images, drawings and/or positions of puppets, materials, items, or models in order to create an illusion of movement when shown in sequence. This includes stop motion. The Film and Video Poetry Symposium will consider animated work that contains, focused on, or driven by poets, poems, poetry, poetic technique, literary movements, and historical events.

Choreopoem
A choreopoem is a form of dramatic expression comprised of choreography, dance, poetry, performative writing, music, song, art, and acting. These works are chiefly achieved by ensembles and are based in stage craft though can also be accomplished as a one person show or created solely as a film or video.

Epistolary Cinema
A film or video that is developed about, of, on, or from personal, public, and/or historic correspondences. Written, typed or printed communication such as letters, telegrams, diary and/or journal entries, blogs, emails, logbooks, travelogues, text messages, social media posts and/or timelines, records of conversations, and video mail art.

Oratorical
Films or videos that focus upon and/or fuse together a historically important public address and/or a newly written speech with visual imagery (both may be independent and interdependent), to create a stronger presentation or interpretation of the meanings conveyed within the speech. This category also may include manifestos, monologues, inspirational talks, keynote speeches, opening and closing arguments, direct to camera presentations, poetry readings or recitals, spoken word performance, and public announcements.

Performance Art
Performance art is an artwork or art exhibition created through actions executed by an artist, a group of artists, and/or with participants. These projects may be live or within a staged reality, captured through documentation, written for camera, or presented to a public in a fine arts context.

Sacred Text
Works that frame, document, or creatively engage writings regarded as sacred or holy to religious or spiritual traditions. Drawn from memory or read directly, presented literally, imaginatively, and may include recitations, prayers, blessings, sermons, invocations, ritual or apotropaic language, imprecations, chants, spells, hymns, mantras, or scripture. Texts may originate from or reflect upon any religious or spiritual tradition the reader or filmmaker finds significant, whether personal, political, cultural, or esoteric.

New Technologies
These works include artificial Intelligence, computer animation (such as CGI or 3D animation), virtual reality, augmented reality, mixed or crossed reality, 360° video, algorithmic, websites, esoteric programming language, and telepresence projects created for a variety of apparatus, live performances, custom digital platforms, gaming software, experiences, interaction, or any combination of those elements that strongly incorporate the use of poetry, words, text, symbol, and language both visually and/or audibly.

Video Art & Media Installations
Innovative single or multi-channel works that engage poetry, text, and linguistic exploration through video, sound, performance, data-driven systems, and sculptural installation.

Lyrical (Music Video)
This category explores the songwriter and/or lyricist as poet. Film and video submissions representing all songwriting traditions and genres are welcome: from folk lyricists to classical vocalists. We encourage submissions from Hip Hop artists, solo or group performance, a cappella or with accompaniment, whether presented as a music video, historical document, or performed to camera directly or creatively. Works should emphasize lyricism and the human voice, exploring how language, words, music, gesture, vocalism, and imagery come together to create a unified poetic experience.

Episodic Content
Projects driven by or focused upon poetry, poets, poems, poetic technique, and historical events within these realms. Episodic content must be interrelated, presented as narratively or topically connected, whether through documentation, traditional storytelling, or experimental forms. There are no restrictions regarding series length.

Artist Moving Image / Slow Cinema
Film, video, or time-based media created primarily as an artistic expression rather than conventional narrative cinema. These works often explore visual, temporal, and conceptual possibilities of the moving image, experimenting with form, perception, and sensory experience. Artist Moving Image takes a creative approach to engage audiences through innovation, time, critical inquiry, and artistic intent. These works may operate within the realm of poetry or wholly independently of it.

A Note for New Technology, Media Installation, Video Art, and Performance Pieces

Creators of new technology, live performance pieces, multi-channell or non-traditional projections, video mapping, and installation/ conceptual works, please include the proposal, potential floor plan, and technical requirements with your email submission.

You may refer to the Email Submission Guidelines below.

Virtual reality projects ought to be compatible with XR devices, including modern standalone headsets and mixed-reality platforms. We request that you provide a link to a 360° video file (.mp4), a separate 2D version of the project as a URL, an app download package (.apk), and any other installation package applicable with your submission.

To apply please complete the online submission form –>
https://www.fvpsociety.com/onlinesubmission

call: Marrakech Short Film Festival

Wed, 01 Apr 2026 15:54:01 +0200

Deadline: 1 May 2026
Call for entries

The Marrakech Short Film Festival 2026 (MARRAKECHsFF)
is currently accepting submissions for its sixth edition, scheduled 25-30 September 2026. We invite filmmakers from around the world to participate in our international, national and documentary competitions.?

Submission Guidelines:

Eligibility: Open to all filmmakers, with no restrictions based on age, country, or genre.?
Running Time: Films must have a duration between 6 and 24 minutes.?
Submission Deadline: Please submit your films by May 1st, 2026

The festival features four main selections:

-Moroccan Selection
Dedicated to Moroccan filmmakers, this section highlights national talent with awards for Best Director, Best Cinematography, and Best Actor/Actress, in addition to Excellence Awards presented by the festival’s international professional guests.

-International Selection
Open to filmmakers from around the world, this section celebrates global storytelling through awards for Best Director, Best Cinematography, and a Coup de Cœur Award presented by the festival’s international professional guests.

-Documentary Section – Bridges of Reality
A curated program dedicated to documentary films connected to the African continent. Open to African filmmakers and the diaspora, this section showcases narratives rooted in African realities and perspectives. It includes two Excellence Awards and one Jury Prize.

-Guest Country – Curated program
We look forward to receiving your submissions and celebrating the art of short film together in September 2026.

More info
https://marrakechshortfest.com/open-call-marrakech-short-film-festival-2026/

Entry form
https://forms.gle/776s5R7RdrU5pEir7

call: The COAL PRIZE 2026 – The Night

Wed, 04 Mar 2026 11:59:48 +0100

Deadline: 28 April 2026
Call for projects

COAL PRIZE 2026 – The Night

https://downloads.nmartproject.net/COALPRIZE2026-EN.pdf
COAL Student Prize 2026
http://projetcoal.org/News-2026/AppelPrixetudiant2026.pdf

Dates & location of event context : PARIS
No Entry Fee

Intro
We oppose day and night even though they form a single living unity, traversed by opposites. For us, diurnal beings so dependent on sight, night often begins with a loss. Between dusk and dawn, it suspends time, veils the world, compels withdrawal. The certainties of day recede, uncertainty rises to the surface, and this is perhaps why it remains the time of contemplation and storytelling, where, in anticipation of the coming day, dreams and imagination awaken. Night displaces the sovereignty of the image.

But it is retreating, bleached, colonized by the boundless spread of artificial lights on land, at sea, in the sky, until the Milky Way itself is erased from our memories. Skyglow, the halo of artificial light suspended like a dome above cities, can be read from space. Outside urban centers, the multiplication of small illuminated pockets fragments the night, cuts continuities, turns corridors into dead ends, and sets lethal traps for birds, insects, and so many other species disoriented by an excess of light.

For some thirty years now, the term nocturnal environment has taken hold to name this threatened vital milieu. A majority of animals live at night. In landscapes saturated with human presence, darkness sometimes becomes the last interval in which to move without being seen, without being driven off one’s path. It opens times for migrations, mating, pollination and crossings. The recent concept of the dark ecological network perfectly expresses the urgency of thinking about night as a network of continuities of darkness to be preserved.

The people of the night live in a world of listening and olfaction, where one locates oneself through rhythms, echoes, aerosols, and wafts of scent. Night changes the grammar of the world. Even flora changes its diction. Some flowers open at night and perfume the air to attract specific pollinators.

It is also an essential time of regeneration for organisms and metabolisms, a discreet workshop where energies and balances are redistributed, where excesses are repaired. The nocturnal drop in temperatures contributes to cooling soils and the atmosphere and supports water cycles. Artificially prolonged daytime weakens these functions. The exhaustion of the world also stems from the drift toward continuous operation, twenty-four hours a day, which denies alternation and consumes bodies and environments alike. Darkness and rest are, nonetheless, vital necessities.

To borrow Édouard Glissant’s expression, night calls for a right to opacity, recognizing the importance of being able to elude the imperatives of transparency and visibility. In politics, night signifies both vigilance and eclipse. A place of welcome for resistance and marginality, it is the chosen time of those who hold on when day closes nights of assemblies and vigils. Nuit Debout offered a clear image of this. But conversely, it can also designate the dark times of totalitarian powers. This is the paradox of night: it emancipates when it shifts the social clock to open a common space; it oppresses when it obscures thought.

The COAL Prize 2026
invites artists to defend the night as a common good, a major ecological issue for the regeneration of life, a refuge, a diversity of languages to be celebrated, a right to rest and to darkness. Inventing stories to relearn how to inhabit the shadows, creating art with the night, is to contribute to an ecology of rhythms. Restoring the fear of the night is a perfect antidote to anthropocentrism, because it forces us to be humble, confronting us with the depths of the sky, the intimacy of the vast, the immensity of the cosmos.

We contrast day and night, even though they form a single unit of life permeated by opposites. For us diurnal beings, so dependent on sight, night often begins with a loss.
Between dusk and dawn, the night suspends time, veils the world, forces us to retreat. The certainties of the day recede, uncertainty surfaces, and perhaps that is why night remains a time for contemplation and storytelling, when dreams and imagination arise as we await the coming day.
Night shifts the sovereignty of the image.
But night is receding, bleached white, colonized by the limitless spread of artificial lights on land, at sea, and in the sky, to the point of erasing the Milky Way from our memories. Skyglow, a halo of artificial light suspended like a dome above cities, can be seen from space. Outside urban centers, the proliferation of small pockets of light fragments
the night, cuts off continuity, transforms corridors into dead ends, and sets deadly traps for birds, insects, and so many other species disoriented by the excess of light.
The term ‘night-time environment’ has been used for the past thirty years or so to describe this vital but threatened habitat. Most animals are nocturnal. In landscapes
dominated by human presence, darkness is sometimes the only time to move around undetected and undisturbed.
This period allows for migration, mating, pollination and crossing. The recent concept of the ‘dark infrastructure’
perfectly encapsulates the idea that we must preserve the continuity of darkness at night.
The people of the night inhabit a world of sound and scent, where one navigates by rhythm, echo, aerosol and aroma. Night changes the grammar of the world. Even the flora changes its language. Some flowers open at night, perfuming the air to attract particular pollinators. It is also an essential time for the regeneration of organisms and metabolism, a subtle process in which energies and balances are redistributed and excesses are repaired. The drop in temperatures at night contributes to cooling the soil and atmosphere, thereby promoting water cycles.
Artificially prolonged daylight weakens these functions. The exhaustion of the world is also due to the shift towards round-the-clock operation, which denies cycles and exhausts bodies and environments. Yet darkness and rest are vital necessities.

To borrow Édouard Glissant’s expression, night calls for a right to opacity, which recognizes the importance of being able to escape the imperatives of transparency and visibility. In politics, night signifies both vigilance and eclipse. A refuge for resistance and marginality, it is the time chosen by those who hold on when day closes in, nights of assemblies and vigils –
Nuit Debout is a clear example of this. But it can also refer to the dark times of totalitarian powers. This is the paradox of the night: it emancipates when it shifts the social clock to open up a common space, and it oppresses when it obscures thought.

The COAL Prize 2026
invites artists to defend the night as a common good and a major ecological issue for the regeneration of life. It is a refuge and a celebration of diversity and languages, as well as a right to rest and darkness. By inventing stories that help us to relearn how to inhabit the shadows and by creating art with the night, we can contribute to an ecology of rhythms. Reconnecting with our fear of the night is the perfect antidote to anthropocentrism because it humbles us by confronting us with the vastness of the sky and the immensity of the cosmos.

Created in 2010 by the COAL association, the COAL Prize is a vehicle for identifying, promoting, and disseminating artists who, throughout the world, bear witness to, imagine, and experiment with solutions for transforming territories, lifestyles, organization, and production. Together, these artists help to make changes visible and build a new collective narrative, a shared heritage in development, and a positive and necessary framework for everyone to find the means and inspiration to implement changes towards a more sustainable and just world.

More into and entry form
https://projetcoal.org/en/prize/coal-prize/call-for-projects-2026/

call: European Media Art Platform EMAP: artist Open Call 2026

Wed, 04 Mar 2026 11:38:23 +0100

Deadline:
Call for entries

European Media Art Platform (EMAP) Residencies
EMAP Residencies 2026 – Open Call
Registration on https://call.emare.eu/

Subject to the final approval of the European Union’s Creative Europe programme, the European Media Art Platform (EMAP) invites artists, artist duos, collectives, and other artistic collaborations working in digital, media, robotic, and bio art to apply for a two-month production residency in 2026.

The EMAP residency programme places a strong emphasis on collaboration. Applicants must therefore apply as a duo or collective, or propose a collaborative project with a partner of their choice or with a collaborator local to the host institution.
Eligibility

Applicants must be EU residents or taxpayers in an EU member state, or residents/taxpayers of one of the eligible non-EU countries.

Undergraduate and Master’s students are not eligible. PhD candidates and emerging artists of any age and academic background may apply.
Host organisations

Artists apply to the EMAP consortium as a whole and indicate their preferred host organisations in order of priority.

Ars Electronica, Linz, Austria
Chroniques, Marseille, France
CIKE – Creative Industry Košice, Košice, Slovakia
gnration, Braga, Portugal
iMAL, Brussels, Belgium
IMPAKT [Centre for Media Culture], Utrecht, The Netherlands
Kersnikova Institute (Kapelica Gallery), Ljubljana, Slovenia
KONTEJNER | Bureau of Contemporary Art Praxis, Zagreb, Croatia
LABoral Centro de Arte y Creación Industrial, Gijón, Spain
(Please note: a residency at LABoral in 2026 is only possible between September and November 2026.)
MEET Digital Culture Center, Milan, Italy
NeMe, Limassol, Cyprus
Onassis Stegi, Athens, Greece
RIXC Centre for New Media Culture, Riga, Latvia
werkleitz – Centre for Media Art, Halle (Saale), Germany
WRO Art Center, Wroc?aw, Poland

Residency details

Two-month production residency at one EMAP host organisation

Invitation to the kick-off conference in Braga, Portugal (8–9 May 2026)

€4,000 grant for the applying artist, including subsistence and

€2,000 grant for collaborating artist(s) or €6,000 for artists duo altogether

€4,000 project budget

Accommodation provided by host

Travel expenses covered by host according to EU ceilings

Access to technical facilities and/or media labs

The residency also includes professional presentations and opportunities for exhibition tours and potential exhibitions with EMAP Partner.
Application

Applications are only possible on this website after registration.

Collaborating artists do not need to be confirmed at the time of application.

For more information, please consult the FAQ section.

Registration on https://call.emare.eu/

call: 2026 International FESTIVAL OF THEATRE, ART and NEW TECHNOLOGIES

Tue, 03 Mar 2026 12:21:35 +0100

Deadline: 7 June 2026
Call for entries

INTERNATIONAL OPEN CALL FOR ARTISTS
INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF THEATRE, ART AND NEW TECHNOLOGIES
“THE WONDERS OF THE POSSIBLE” (LMDP- Le Meraviglie Del Possibile)
Cagliari (ITALY) – 13th Edition 2026

Between OCTOBER and NOVEMBER 2026 in Cagliari, at Spazio DOMOSC – Open Scena
Concept, the thirteenth edition of the International Festival of Theatre, Art and New Technologies “The Wonders of the Possible” (LMDP) will take place.
The LMDP Festival supports the development and experimentation of new creative, theatrical and artistic languages through new technologies, with a programme including performances,
shows, installations, workshops and conferences.
Kyber Teatro, a spin-off of L’Aquilone di Viviana, creator and organizer of the LMDP Festival, promotes international exchange among artists, scientists and technological researchers, as
well as cross-disciplinary interaction between the arts.
The Festival offers participation opportunities to Italian and international artists, including emerging companies and/or under-35 artists, inviting them to submit their project by 7 June
2026.
The Festival has been awarded the prestigious “EFFE Label 2024–2025”, a recognition granted by the EFA – European Festivals Association to the most authoritative cultural initiatives
within the European Union.
The LMDP Festival is supported by the Fondazione di Sardegna.

Focus: Theatre and New Technologies

Eligible applicants
• Companies, individual artists
• Emerging companies/artists and/or under 35
• Non-emerging companies/artists of any age (applications from artists at all stages of
their career are strongly encouraged)
Maximum of 3 participants per project.

Eligible projects
Theatre and New Technologies Performances
Selection process: DEADLINE 7 JUNE 2026
Artists interested in participating in the Festival must send the following materials to:
info@kyberteatro.it
• CV of the artist/company;
• Presentation dossier in PDF format;
• Technical rider / technical requirements;
• If the text or music is protected, please notify us;
• A selection of max. 5 photographs;
• Links to audio and video materials, to be made available on Vimeo or YouTube.
The outcome of the selection will be communicated only to selected applicants by 30 June 2026.

Economic conditions
Selected artists will be guaranteed full coverage of mobility costs (travel to Cagliari, board and accommodation) and an artist expense reimbursement for the performance and one
additional showing.
The A1 Certificate is also required for artists and technicians involved in the show.
Where possible, subject to availability and prior agreement with our technical manager, any materials required for the presentation of the performance/show/installation will also be
provided.

Publication and archiving
Artists agree to provide a short biography and a synopsis of the work and consent to the publication of materials on the LMDP Festival website and social media channels or their
distribution to the press for promotional purposes.
Kyber Teatro – L’Aquilone di Viviana is authorized to archive the materials and make them accessible through the Festival website.
All rights to the project images remain with the artist. The Organization is also authorized to
document the event at all stages through audio, video recordings or images.

How to apply
Applications and materials must be sent by 7 JUNE 2026 to the following email address:
info@kyberteatro.it.
Applications submitted after the deadline will not be considered.
More information: https://www.kyberteatro.it

Kyber Teatro – Spin off Soc. Coop.
L’Aquilone di Viviana
C/O Spazio DOMOSC, via Newton 12,
Cagliari
Phone – Fax: + 39 070 86 07 175
Mob: +39 346/ 6267735
Mail: info@kyberteatro.it
Website: https://www.kyberteatro.it

call: $4,500 & $1,000 Artist Grants – The Hopper Prize

Mon, 02 Mar 2026 11:39:33 +0100

Deadline: 12 May 2026
Call for entries

Title: $4,500 & $1,000 Artist Grants
The Hopper Prize is now accepting entries for our Fall 2025 artist grants.

We have recently increased grant amounts to $4,500.

We will be providing 6 grants totaling $13,000 USD.

2 artists will each receive $4,500 and 4 artists will each receive $1,000.

This is an open call, all media eligible.

In addition to grants, 30 artists will be selected for a shortlist. Additional exposure is available via our online Journal as well as our Instagram feed, currently reaching an audience over 160k.

Past/Recent International Grant Winners include
— Johanna Seidel, Dresden, Saxony, Germany (2025)
— Jo Dennis, London, United Kingdom (2025)
— Alex Bex, Berlin, Germany (2024)
— Suzanne Clements, London, United Kingdom (2024)
— Liam Fallon, London, United Kingdom (2024)
— Nicole Economides, Athens, Greece (2024)
— Ingmar Björn Nolting, Leipzig, Germany (2023)
— Jimena Chávez Delion, Lima, Peru (2023)
— Anna Perach, London, United Kingdom (2023)
— Andreia Santana, Lisbon, Portugal (2023)
— Emily Kraus, London, United Kingdom (2022)
— M’hammed Kilito, Casablanca, Morocco (2022)
— Rafael Perez Evans, London, United Kingdom (2021)
— Julia Gutman, Sydney, Australia (2021)
— Akihiro Boujoh, Utrecht, Netherlands (2020)
— Andrea Ferrero, Mexico City, Mexico (2020)
— Dominic Hawgood, London, United Kingdom (2020)
— Adrian Coleman, London, United Kingdom (2019)
— Vanessa da Silva, London, United Kingdom (2019)
— Jinyong Park, London, United Kingdom (2019)
— Lebohang Kganye, Johannesburg, South Africa (2018)

Entry Fee: $40 for 10 images

Visit https://hopperprize.org to submit your work

Call: PRISMA ART PRIZE – 19th edition

Sun, 01 Mar 2026 12:24:27 +0100

Deadline: 10 May 2026
Call for entries

PRISMA ART PRIZE — ROME — 19th EDITION

Open call for painters, illustrators, printmakers and all traditional 2d artists

Prisma Art Prize is an international platform dedicated to painting and two-dimensional works. We welcome artists worldwide and celebrate the many directions painting can take today—traditional or experimental, intimate or bold—always with a focus on strong visual research.

Annual Awards & Opportunities
Cash prizes: €2000 per year (distributed across the four quarterly calls)
Exhibition: group exhibition at Contemporary Cluster, Rome (Late 2026)
Solo shows: Isorrophia Gallery Prize + Pallavicini–Dettori Prize
Artist residencies: Dar Meso (Tunis), Casacon (Sirolo, Italy), Osservatoriomaree Residency Prize
Additional opportunities: catalogue publication, interviews, and other partner prizes (to be announced)

Timeline (19th Edition)
Submissions open: 6 Feb 2026
Submissions close: 10 May 2026
Winners announcement: May 2026
Exhibition selections announcement: September 2026
Annual prizes announcement (solo shows & residencies): September 2026
Annual exhibition: Late 2026

Entry Fees
€34 for 1–3 artworks
€5 for each additional artwork (up to 8 artworks total)
Payment options: PayPal, credit card, bank transfer.

Curated by Domenico De Chirico
Artistic Direction: Marco Crispano
Production: Il Varco Creative Hub

Submit your work: https://www.prismaartprize.com/submit/
More info: https://www.prismaartprize.com/about/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/prismaartprize/
Email: prismaartprize@gmail.com
More info: https://www.prismaartprize.com/about/

call: National Oil and Acrylic Painters Society 2026

Sun, 01 Mar 2026 12:01:36 +0100

Deadline: 6 April 2026
Call for entries

National Oil and Acrylic Painters Society 2026
Spring International Online Exhibition.
Deadline: April 6, 2026 at midnight Pacific Time

Dates & location of event context: Online

National Oil and Acrylic Painters Society invites all artists worldwide 18 years of age and older and working exclusively in oils and acrylics to apply to the Spring Online Exhibition. Membership to NOAPS is not required. 200 paintings will be chosen for the show and will be eligible for $4600 in cash and awards.

entry fee $35 for first submission and $10 for each additional to a maximum of 5 paintings

Contact addresses/URL contact: Ober-Rae Livingstone at kolorama@newageart.com
URL for NOAPS https://www.noaps.org/

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call: ADAF 2026 – Athens Digital Arts Festival

Thu, 15 Jan 2026 12:20:39 +0100

Deadline: 1 February 2026
Call for entries

Open Call for the 22nd Athens Digital Arts Festival

The Athens Digital Arts Festival (ADAF), the international festival of digital arts of Greece, announces its open call for participation for its 22nd edition, to be held in Spring 2026 in Athens.

Titled “META–MORPHOSIS”, the 22nd Athens Digital Arts Festival focuses on transformation as an ongoing process of change, situated at the intersection of nature and technology, past and present, reality and vision. The theme explores environmental, social, cultural, and technological shifts that affect ecosystems, landscapes, and the ways we perceive and experience the world.

Through a wide range of digital and hybrid practices, ADAF 2026 investigates issues of decay and regeneration, memory and loss, preservation and transformation. Participating works are invited to function as tools for observation and reflection, translating complex and often invisible processes—such as climate change and technological acceleration—into experiences that stimulate public dialogue.

Artists, scientists, technologists, researchers, thinkers, forms of artificial intelligence, and creators of all kinds are invited to submit their proposals via 2026.adaf.gr by Sunday, February 1st, 2026. The open call applies to 12 festival categories: Video Art, Animation, Digital Image, Installation, Web Art, Games, AR/VR/XR, Talks, Workshops, Kids, Performance, and Music.

From nature to light, change becomes art.
Live the transformation.

Submission via
https://2026.adaf.gr/meta-morphosis/

GUIDELINES

-Please chose the category you would like to make your application form the categories list, and fill in the appropriate form.
-Please follow the steps in filling in your application.
-?ake sure you read and tick on agree with terms and conditions, and then press submit to complete your application .
-Each artist is allowed to participate in more than one category but not exceeding four artworks per category.
-A separate submission form must be submitted for each category/work. Exception is Digital Image category, if a collection of works, is under the same title. This collection cannot exceed five artworks.
-Progress of your application cannot be saved. If not submitted in one run then you may have to fill the application again.
– You can move back and forth your application prior to submitting your application without losing your application progress with the appropriate buttons.
-All links in the application should be added with https:// in front.
-All telephone numbers should include the country code in front.
-If you are making your submission 100% online, make sure you choose online in the application form last step, and include a visual link of your work in the appropriate space appearing after.
-If you are making your application and choose to send your work via post please make sure you post it to : Athens Digital Arts Festival , Miltiadou 21, 10560 Athens Greece or Athens Digital Arts Festival, Fleming 7 ,14342 Nea Filadelfeia Athens Greece. We advise you get a tracking number to make sure your letter reaches us.
-In case your post file gets lost in the mail we hold no responsibility, and we are not obliged to notify you that your application is not complete.
-Before submitting your application on the comments area you can attach any extra material such as photos, extra links, tech riders (which is strongly advised.) This material can be in any online format, e.g. link, we transfer, or cloud link. We strongly advise to prefer could links as wetransfer sometimes expire as vast number of applications may result in delay in examining your application. In this case our curatorial team will reach out to you for a new link. If your cloud link is psw protected then please provide the psw in comments. Make sure we should not ask for permission to view the files this make it a lot easier for the curatorial team ?
-?ll video art and animation videos should be included in DVD (PAL) (for post applications)or video file( for online applications). In the case of video file, it should not exceed 2GB and should be either in .avi, mpeg or .mov format
-All video art and animation videos should not exceed 15 min. If they do they can automatically be declined.
-The festival is on vimeo, meaning you can provide vimeo links with your applications. In case your work is psw protected, please provide the password to the comments link together with the video link
All ADAF curators work in close proximity and exchange applications that may think are a better fit to another category so maybe you apply in one category and get accepted in another.
– Applications of works that have not yet been materialized but are of complete concept and design, are eligible for application provided is possible for them to be ready about two months prior to the festival date.
-Some details provided in the application form may be used for the program and catalog in case your work has been selected.
-It is possible but not advisable to change title to your work after application
-It is possible but not advisable to add information to the application after submission. ?t is not possible to retract information from an already submitted application.
-All shortlisted artists will be informed via mail by the curators according to the category they apply in. This procedure may take a while due to the vast number of applications we receive each year. Not all shortlisted artists will be selected for participation.
-Non selected artist will not be personally notified.

For any inquiries about your application please contact info@adaf.gr

call: FILE 2026 – Art and Technology Festival

Thu, 15 Jan 2026 12:08:36 +0100

Deadline: 19 February 2026
Call for entries

FILE 2026 – Registration Open for Art and Technology Festival

Registration is now open for participation in FILE – International Electronic Language Festival 2026 , one of the most important events dedicated to art and technology. FILE invites Brazilian and international artists , as well as researchers, educators, and creators , to submit original artistic works and educational proposals — lectures, workshops, and training activities — focused on contemporary technological poetics.

Applications are open until February 19, 2026 .

With 26 years of experience , FILE is a non-profit cultural organization dedicated to promoting creation, research, and experimentation in Art and Technology , bringing together artists, scientists, programmers, and thinkers around exhibitions, events, and publications. The selected projects will be part of the FILE 2026 program, scheduled to take place at the FIESP Cultural Center in São Paulo, between August 18 and October 11, 2026, with the possibility of parallel activities in other Brazilian states.

The call welcomes proposals in a wide variety of languages ??and formats, intended for indoor or outdoor environments , in which the aesthetic experience emerges from the encounter between interfaces, data, space, and body . FILE 2026 seeks projects that propose new forms of perception, interaction, and critical and poetic reflection , expanding the debate on the aesthetic, cultural, social, and sensory impacts of contemporary technologies.

Access the registration form
https://archive.file.org.br/formulario-ficha-de-inscricao/

More info /regulations
https://file.org.br/highlight/file-2026-inscricoes-abertas-para-festival-de-arte-e-tecnologia/