Open Call for 2026 Residents

We're happy to announce that the open call for our 2026 residencies is now online 👾

Amid escalating political and ecological urgencies and deepening societal divides, this year’s open call for residents invites proposals that explore the relational modes of digital art practices that critically engage with the social dimensions and (mis)uses of technology. For 2026, we are launching three residency programmes in collaboration international and local partners.

Digital Art Residency
in cooperation with Pro Helvetia

transmediale x ARKO Residency
in cooperation with Arts Council Korea

Vilém Flusser Residency for Artistic Research
in cooperation with Universität der Künste Berlin

Each residency has specific requirements and conditions to apply; please make sure check them carefully in each open call section!

attaque(e)r le visible Platform for Experimental Film and Video: Open Call for Filmmakers and Media Artists

Deadline: 7 August 2025


https://www.attaqueerlevisible.com/call-for-submissions-2/

The Prince Claus Fund (Netherlands) & Goethe Institute: Open Call for Mid-Career Artists Interested in Climate Justice

Eligibility: list of eligible countries

Deadline: 14 August 2025


https://princeclausfund.nl/awards-and-programmes/fellows-award/carec

Restless Egg Incubator: Open Call for Artist-Founders

Topic: AI

Deadline: not specified


https://restlessegg.com/

Delfina Foundation (UK) & Kunsthalle Praha: Open Call for Residency in London for Curators

Eligibility: based in Central and Eastern Europe (Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Georgia, Hungary, Kosovo, Latvia, Lithuania, North Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, or Ukraine)

Deadline: 17 August 2025 23:59 BST


https://www.delfinafoundation.com/open-calls/current/open-call-for-curators-based-in-central-and-eastern-europe/

TodayArt (Armenia): Open Call for OASis Residency for Artists, Researchers, and Interdisciplinary Practitioners

Eligibility: residents in EU and Creative Europe Countries

Deadline: 17 August 2025


https://todayart.org/%f0%9f%8c%bf-open-call-for-artists/

Manuka Arts Centre (Australia): HYPERSPECTRAL26 Open Call for Artists Working with Technology

Deadline: 31 August 2025 11 pm AEST


https://photoaccess.org.au/call-outs/hyperspectral26/

Offcity (Czech Republic): Open Call for Interspaces Artist-in-Residence 2026 Programme for Artists, Architects, and Theorists

Deadline: 31 August 2025


https://www.offcity.cz/en/offcity-air-2026-open-call

LCB Depot (UK): Open Call for RRRepurpose Exhibition for Artists, Performers, Technologists

Topic: creative potential of obsolete technology in contemporary sound practice

Deadline: 12 August 2025


https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfKRO2Fau0w9XXOUaAQJTHxXiEGSs-ZYgHjijpN4TyR3V5Few/viewform

Bauhaus-University Weimar (Germany): Open Call for Artistic Associate / Lecturer in the Chair of Acoustic Ecologies / Sound Studies at the Media Art and Design Program

Deadline: 29 August 2025


https://www.uni-weimar.de/de/universitaet/aktuell/stellenausschreibungen/kg-kwp-05-25/

mur.at & Collective Intelligence Association (Austria): Open Call for Artist Residency & Worklab for Creative Developers, Activists, Writers, Network/Sound/Media and Digital Artists

Deadline: 14 August 2025


https://mur.at/post/opencall-2025/

Kinesthetic Cinema (US): Open Call for Interactive Films/Videos/Performative Media

Deadline: 1 September 2025


https://forms.gle/Ab6GLNRQ98v3Zu1K9

Cité internationale des arts (Paris): Open Call for "Caméra Libre" Residency Programme for Filmmakers Confronted with Censorship, Persecution or Political Violence

Deadline: 11 September 2025


https://www.citedesartsparis.net/en/camera-libre-2026

Dutch Climate Research Initiative (KIN): Open Call for Artist in Residence for Artists, Designers, Makers and/or Creative Thinkers

Deadline: 5 September 2025


https://hetkin.nl/en/vacancy-kin-artist-in-residence/

Kyoto Art Center (Japan): Open Call for Artist-in-Residence Program 2026 for Emerging Artists and Researchers

Deadline: August 31 2025 23:59 JST


https://www.kac.or.jp/en/news/20250515/

Quarteera (Germany): Open Call for the Lab Queer Culture Against Disinformation in the Eastern Partnership Countries

Eligibility: Queer artists based in or from Azerbaijan, Armenia, Georgia, Moldova, and Germany

Deadline: 24 August 2025


https://www.quarteera.de/en/projects/queer-culture-against-fake/

tekhne & TRAFO Center for Contemporary Art (Poland): Open Call for Residencies 2025/26
for Artists and Researchers

Topics of interest may include (but are not limited to):
• Sonic surveillance and sonic warfare
• Music and sound as social or political infrastructure
• Marginal sonic archives and forgotten voices
• Listening as resistance
• Post-industrial or post-digital soundscapes
• DIY technology and counter-hegemonic media
• Sonic ethnography and experimental methods

Deadline: 31 August 2025


https://tekhne.website/calls/2025/open-call-trafo-residencies-202526.html

Rijksmuseum (Amsterdam): Open Call for Artist in Residence 2026

Deadline: 24 August 2025


https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/careers/vacancies/artist-in-residence-2026--1177073

Écran Libre New Media Festival 2025 (Canada): Open Call for Innovative/Experimental Works at the Intersection of Image, Sound, and Technology

Deadline: 14 September 2025


https://ecranlibre.tv/call-for-submissions

IV SomaRumor — Latin American Sound Art Encounter (Brazil): Open Call for Works

Deadline: 28 August 2025

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1PZhuShEbzg8CCKXYnsJ9NBAnsbfCqoTD/view?usp=sharing