Dear friends, the ESC is back and in a new format! Now the open call and its following exhibition will appear only once a year. As VVOVVA evolves with each day and does its best to create better experiences, this time the selected works will be shown as a virtual exhibition. We ask you to ‘Create art as you would do 10 years in the future.’ With the fifth wave of the ESC we dive even deeper into our technology- and virtual-driven future. Thrilled and excited, we joined forces with the digital platform dedicated to promoting critical conversations in contemporary art — DE:FORMAL. Created by Wednesday Kim & Vincent Cy Chen, DE:FORMAL features emerging artists who work with video, performance, installation, sculpture, media art… or other underrecognized forms in the conventional gallery system. Some of the questions we ask: What if AI is already self-aware? Will an organism that we’ve created in a lab become our friend in the end? Do we treat AI right? Will humans be ever at par with machines? Can the synergy happen and how if it will? How much more distant nature should become to us until we realize that we can’t live without it? […]
Production residency and artist retreat in Blanca, a small town in southern Spain. Duration: 2 weeks – 2 months. Open application process.
In response to the humanitarian crisis affecting Ukraine, members of the wider artist-run community in Ireland wish to send a collective message of solidarity and raise funds for Ukrainian artists who are defending their country, have had to flee and rebuild their lives, and who we hope one day, will rebuild their spaces and contribute again to the art and culture of their country. Funds raised will be distributed directly to artists and artist-run spaces in Ukraine, and to ARTISTS at RISK (AR).
**Application deadline Dec 21st for artists applying to attend before July 1st 2022*** ** all slots for 2021 are now full ** the rabbit hole is back from our international residency program in naples, and opens the hatch in the heart of london. the global residency: “the art of remembering” the hatch has been set up as a response to the high demand and volume of applications for the rabbit hole international residency program “the art of remembering” which was held in naples, italy sept 21-oct 5, 2021, where the rabbit hole method was interrogated by 10 international artists. https://www.101010n.com/the-art-of-remembering the hatch is a separate program, tailored for one artist at a time, in london. please email [email protected] for full brochure of images and more info: spend up to 3 weeks in the magical loft of the rabbit hole’s headquarters, burrowed in one of london’s most inspiring and serene enclaves, directly on the regent’s canal, yet located in the heart of central london. over the past 12 years, the hatch has moved from new york city, to barcelona, to now london: this time to immerse in london’s global stage of artistic communities, and cultural programming. the hatch provides a key […]