Contrast!, Issue 4 is an exhibition and a publication surrounding the theme and concept of contrast- what it means in art and how it is portrayed. We encourage you to take the idea as conceptually or literally as possible, as it is a form of creative research on how contrast as an concept appears in art.

  

25 For up to 2 artworks. 6.50 for each artwork afterwards.

You are published in the fourth issue of our 'Contrast' publication, A4, perfect-bound with 200gsm inside and 350gsm cover paper. It will also appear in our Contrast Online and Virtual Exhibition, which will run from the 12th of April to the 26th of April 2025

Contrast Issue 4

Application Fee: £25 (non-refundable) – all the money goes for developing the project. The £25 application fee helps cover the selection and administrative process. This initiative offers a fantastic opportunity to connect with a global art community, increase visibility, and share your creative vision with a wider audience.  Exhibition Fee: There will be no exhibition fee. For selected artists, all exhibition costs will be fully covered by SPIRA9.

**SPIRA9 ART invites you to participate in XENOVOID — Mapping Distributed Identities, a forward-thinking exhibition that examines how individuals construct, deconstruct, and reimagine their sense of self in today’s decentralized world.**

**About the Exhibition**

In an era where technological innovation, social interaction, and creative expression continuously reshape who we are, this exhibition serves as a dynamic forum for exploring the evolving tapestry of identity. Drawing inspiration from transformative texts such as A Cyborg Manifesto, critical frameworks like Decolonial Feminism, and pioneering artistic experiments by figures like Stelarc and initiatives such as the Third Ear Project, XENOVOID probes the interplay between the digital, the embodied, and the political.

**Key Themes**

* **Technological and Biological Convergence**: Investigate how digital interfaces and bodily interventions redefine traditional notions of self.
* **Fluidity of Identity**: Explore the continuous processes of deconstruction and reconstruction influenced by cultural, social, and political forces.
* **Decolonial Perspectives**: Reimagine identity outside of established power hierarchies, drawing on feminist critiques and decolonial practices.
* **Interdisciplinary Experimentation**: Embrace diverse methodologies that challenge conventional narratives of a fixed, singular self.

**Exhibition Details**

* **Dates: April 18–25, 2025**
* **Venue: Indra Gallery, London**
* **Application Deadline: April 10, 2025**
* **Application Fee: £25** (non-refundable) – all the money goes for developing the project. The £25 application fee helps cover the selection and administrative process. This initiative offers a fantastic opportunity to connect with a global art community, increase visibility, and share your creative vision with a wider audience.
* **Exhibition Fee: There will be no exhibition fee. For selected artists, all exhibition costs will be fully covered by SPIRA9.**

  
**Application Form: https://forms.gle/EpdGsVagV6h4siJv5**

  
**About Us**

SPIRAL9 is a London- based arts organisation that supports under-represented voices and emerging artists.

Established in 2024, our programs enable makers, community groups, professionals, and the public to unite around unique art and cultural experiences and curated events.

With over 1,000+ subscribers and collaborations with 90 talented artists, our gallery is a vibrant space celebrating creativity and artistic expression. We showcase a diverse range of styles and mediums, bringing together emerging and established artists from around the world. Whether you're an art lover, collector, or creator, our gallery offers a dynamic experience filled with inspiring works and exclusive collaborations.

For selected artists, all exhibition costs will be fully covered by SPIRA9.

**Exhibition Details**

* **Dates: April 18–25, 2025**
* **Venue: Indra Gallery, London**
* **Application Deadline: April 10, 2025**
* **All exhibition costs will be fully covered by SPIRA9.**

Exhibition Open Call: XENOVOID (Artists of All Mediums)

The future moves whether we’re ready or looking the other way. For the fifth year, ESC invites artists to step into what’s next — with the right kind of questions. ESC is more than escape. It’s breaking loose from the usual, bending reality, seeing what stays. Since 2020, it has been a space for artists who push the edges of technology, nature, and human experience.

  
ESC always exists a decade ahead. It isn’t a theme — it’s the space we step into, ten years in the future, looking back at the present. What happens when wild animals become pets? When bots talk only to each other, do we still matter? If AI creates for us, do we finally have space to look inward? As life drifts further into virtual space, what keeps it real?

  
ESC 2035 is open for submissions. Bring your questions, your visions, your ways of seeing what’s ahead. Let’s map the unknown — together.

**We Offer**

_– A physical exhibition: Your work will be part of our curated group show in 2025-2026._

_– Feature spots: Your project will be highlighted on our website and social media channels._

_– Opportunities to connect: Reach an international audience of collectors, curators, artists, and like-minded people._

ESC 2035: 0→1

KODA offers an artist residency program for two mid-career, female-identifying and/or non-binary artists who create conceptual and socially engaged work. The Fall 2025 residency will span from August 1-October 31, 2025\. The program is placed under the theme of Peace-Building. KODA is a Brooklyn-founded nomadic social practice nonprofit arts organization focusing on conceptual mid-career artists ingrained in social justice. KODA offers survey exhibitions as well as tailor-made and community-based artist residencies, through dedicated collaborations with socially engaged partners. The nonprofit serves the community with contemporary art events and outreach to strengthen arts education. In its overall mission to support the artistic and professional growth of artists, KODA acts as a laboratory for creative concepts, reflecting its core values of curiosity and collaboration. 
  
  

**Selected artists receive:**

* Studio space from August 1-October 31, 2025 on Governors Island, NY
* Optional residency exhibition on Governors Island, NY
* Honorarium in the amount of $1,000
* Studio visits with art world professionals such as curators and art historians
* Public engagement opportunities, with an additional honorarium of $250
* Professional development credit of $200
* Monthly curatorial and production consultancy with KODA team
* Networking and collaboration opportunities
* Access to Materials for the Arts

  

KODA Peace-Building Residency

**FM\[Ai\]R 26 Open Call for Artist-in-Residence-Entries 2025/26**

We are pleased to announce the open call for Artist-in-Residence-Entries for the upcoming 4th edition of FMR – Festival for art in digital context and public spaces which will take place in Linz, Austria, from June 3 to 7, 2026.

  
**1\. What is FMR?**

FMR – Festival for Art in Digital Contexts and Public Spaces is a biennial festival showcasing artistic processes and positions that reflect the ephemeral nature of our digitally connected present. The continuous digitalization of everyday life creates an intense overlap and layering of familiar physical and intricately interwoven digital spaces. FMR focuses on the shifts, distortions, and rifts that arise in this process and presents contemporary artistic perspectives in this context.

The festival, whose title alludes to ephemerality and transience, presents works whose initial ideas originate in virtual-digital spaces or have a strong connection to it but are displayed — sometimes in a transformed manner — in physical surroundings, specifically in the public and open space. The emphasis is on the interstitial spaces that emerge during these transformations — outside of museums, galleries, or conventional art spaces. At the same time, FMR seeks to update the concept of sculpture for the contemporary era while reflecting on questions of transience, ephemerality and obviousness.

  
**2\. When and where is it happening?**

A prologue to FMR 26 will take place on June 6, 2025, during which the selected works from this Open Call will be presented in an early-stage form on-site in Linz.

FMR 26 itself will take place from June 3 to 7, 2026, around the Schlossberg in Linz, covering the eastern foothills of the Römerberg, the streets surrounding the Linzer Schloss (Linz Castle), and selected uphill road sections. The Schlossberg is also home to the Schlossmuseum Linz, Friedrichstor, Rudolfstor, Schlossbergstollen, Rosengarten, Keplerwiese, and Martinskirche. Beyond its historical and cultural significance, the Schlossberg is also a central yet idyllic recreational area offering impressive views of Linz.

  
**3\. What are the topics?**

The upcoming 4th edition of the festival will focus on four topics:

  
I. Digital Afterlife and Immortality

#digital-afterlife #digital-immortality #memory-in-digital-age #digital-footprints

The digital age is fundamentally reshaping our perceptions of death, memory, and immortality. What new forms of commemoration and remembrance emerge through digital archives? What ethical challenges does the notion of digital immortality pose? Can the digital preservation of emotional experiences maintain or distort the authenticity of memories? Additionally, reflections should consider the traces our digital lives leave behind and how they might be interpreted in the future. The ecological sustainability of digital artworks is also a critical concern.

  
II. Future Archaeology and Digital Artifacts

#future-archaeology #digital-civilization #digital-artifacts #data-remnants

How will future archaeologists reconstruct our present-day digital civilization? What role do digital artifacts play in shaping history and identity? How can we address the transience of digital cultures? What ethical questions arise in dealing with data remnants? Who owns the digital traces of the past, and what responsibility do we have toward future generations in preserving this information?

  
III. Digital Deceleration, Isolation, and the New Idyll

#waldeinsamkeit #newidyll #simple-living #isolation #disconnected #non-digital-leisure #AIdetox

Our era is defined by contrasts. While digital technologies increasingly permeate our lives, the desire for deceleration, simplicity, and disconnection is growing. How can digital art depict or even reinforce the longing for solitude in nature and new idyllic spaces? Can a simple lifestyle be promoted in a networked world? Is the conscious renunciation of digital media a new form of luxury? What artistic approaches can help raise awareness of the necessity of taking breaks from artificial intelligence?

  
IV. AI Societies, Power Structures, and Resistance

#AIciety #cyberocracy #algocracy #socialmachine #singularity #resisting-AI

The increasing fusion of society and artificial intelligence raises fundamental questions: How do algorithms influence democratic decision-making processes and power structures? What new forms of coexistence emerge in a society governed by AI? Will singularity mark the end or a new beginning for humanity? What forms of resistance are necessary to preserve human autonomy against an overpowering AI?

  
**4\. Which residencies are available?**

The residency will take place in two phases. By applying to FM\[Ai\]R 26, you are applying for both residencies. The exact duration and days of the two residencies have to be negotiated.

  
First residency:

→ Preparation, presentation and discussion of the concept

→ Early-stage materialisation on site as part of FMR 26 – Prologue (6 June, 2025)

→ Residency duration: Up to one week between June 2 and June 8, 2025 (in exceptional cases, an online residency may be considered)

→ Artist grant: 450 Euros

  
Second residency:

→ Production of the work

→ Final materialisation on site as part of FMR 26 Festival (3 – 7 June, 2026)

→ Residency duration: Up to one month in February or March 2026

→ Artist grant: 900 Euros

  
The following conditions apply to both residencies:

→ Application deadline: April 10, 2025, 24:00 CET

→ Jury decision: Mid-April 2025

→ Production budget: Up to 1.500 Euros for both residencies (reimbursement based on receipts/invoices)

→ Travel expenses: Up to 450 Euros per residency (reimbursement based on receipts/invoices)

→ Free use of a studio and accommodation at Atelierhaus Salzamt during each residency

→ Free access to host facilities and various workshops at the Art University Linz

→ Curatorial support during the residency

→ Professional presentation, exhibition and artist talk during both the FMR 26 – Prologue in June 2025 and the FMR 26 Festival in June 2026

  
**5\. Who can apply?**

Artists from all disciplines, backgrounds, and nationalities are invited to apply for FM\[Ai\]R 26\. A jury will review the applications and select the successful candidates.

  
Applicants must:

→ Engage with the festival’s mission and themes, and create a new work or further develop an existing project, offering innovative and experimental perspectives.

→ Demonstrate an openness to collaboration wit h the festival team.

→ Be available during the residencies for FMR 26 – Prologue (online residency may be considered in exceptional cases) and FMR 26 Festival (on-site residency required).

→ For more complex works: Be present during the final days leading up to the FMR 26 Festival to assist in setting up the work.

→ Speak English fluently and be willing to interact with the local art community and festival team.

We encourage applications from women, LGBTIQ+ artists, members of ethnic, racial, or cultural minority groups, and those from otherwise underrepresented backgrounds.

  
**6\. How to apply?**

In order to apply for FM\[Ai\]R 26, you need to fill out the application form at tripetto.app/run/WG3267756I.

Submission requirements (in English or German) include:

→ Short biography (max. 1,500 characters)

→ Statement of motivation for the residency (max. 1,500 characters)

→ Availability for residencies and festival participation

→ Project details (title, keywords, description, technical and spatial requirements ...)

→ Technical and spatial requirements

→ Detailed project proposal outlining the idea, its connection to the themes, and the plan for realization (when designing the proposed work, please keep in mind that the majority of the festival takes place in public space – your submission must clearly demonstrate that the work can be realized outdoors)

→ Portfolio including biography, selected projects, and recent exhibitions

Applicants will be informed of the jury’s decision in mid-April 2025 via an automated email. We appreciate your understanding that jury decisions are final and no comments will be provided. If your application is not selected, we encourage you to apply for the next FMR edition in 2028!

LINZ FM[Ai]R 26

We're excited to invite you to transform a prominent canvas in Wembley Park's exciting new public space, Union Park.

  
**The Canvas**

  
A 70-metre panoramic hoarding overlooking the new ponds at Union Park North awaits your creative vision. Once complete, Union Park will be the first new public park to open in Brent in over 120 years.

  
**This canvas offers:**

  
* An impressive 170.35 square meters of white-painted plywood surface
* A prime spot in the northern section of Wembley Park's newest public attraction
* 3-4 years of exhibition time, providing exceptional exposure for your work
* A height of 2.4m creating a perfect eye-level viewing experience

  
**The Opportunity**

  
Your artwork will become a signature element of Union Park North's grand opening in early summer 2025\. This is your chance to:

  
* Create a lasting artistic landmark in one of London's most vibrant cultural districts
* Have your work showcased to thousands of visitors for several years
* Be part of the exciting transformation of Wembley Park
* Paint directly on-site, engaging with the space and community

**Payment Rates for the Winning Artist**

* **Daily Rate:** £345.11 per day (aligned with Artists' Union England rates)
* **Total Days:** 31 (5 planning + 26 painting days)
* **Total Artist Fee:** £10,698.41
* **Rights Package, Sundry & Travel Expenses:** £1000
* **Total Payment:** **£12,698.41**

The Union Park Hoarding Art Project

Our general call for applications for Awarded Residencies in 2025 & 2026 is now live!

  
As one of Cove Park’s key programmes, our biennial call for Awarded Residencies reflects our ongoing commitment to the support of local, national, and international artists, researchers, writers, and creative practitioners, working in all art forms and at every career stage. These residencies offer supported time for research, creative development, and the production of new work. The appointed residents will receive a fee, funding for travel and, when required, for materials, access support, and the visa application process.

  
The fully funded Awarded Residencies will take place between late June 2025 and December 2026 and can be for as short a time as two weeks or up to three months in duration.

The appointed residents will receive a fee/stipend of 750 GBP per week, funding for travel (100 GBP, 200 GBP or up to 1,250 GBP), and when required, for materials (up to 150 GBP), access support, and the visa application process.

  
Resident artists will work in a private studio and stay in private accommodation suitable for individuals and for those working in collaboration or attending with children. Cove Park’s residencies are self-catering and each unit of accommodation has its own kitchen.

Awarded Residencies in 2025 & 2026

CAS – Contemporary Art Stavanger and Kiellandsenteret (Stavanger Library and Culture Centre) are thrilled to announce **Itchy Fingers – A Writing Residency on Art Books**, taking place **8-21 September, 2025**.

Inspired by Stavanger writer Alexander Kielland's evocative phrase about 'itchy fingers', this unique residency invites a writer to explore the tactility of art books – their delicate presence, the challenges of delivering them to eager hands, and their power to metaphorically or literally move the world.

Over the course of two weeks, the selected writer will immerse themselves in the Stavanger Library and Culture Centre's rich collection of art books, responding through critique, essay, or experimental forms. The residency will culminate in one or two texts (see terms below) published by CAS – Contemporary Art Stavanger and in the channels of Stavanger Library and Culture Centre.

Key questions to explore include: How should libraries engage with books as artworks? What challenges and possibilities arise when making art books accessible within a public library? And how do art books – both their production and final format – challenge standard practices in the fields of both publishing and contemporary art?

As an added dimension, the residency aligns with Kapittel, Stavanger's International Festival of Literature and Freedom of Speech. The chosen writer will be invited to join a panel discussion, with the final topic shaped by their own perspective.

Are you ready to scratch the itch?

**What's included:**

* 20,000 NOK honorarium
* Up to 5,000 NOK in travel costs
* Free accommodation
* Per diem (105 NOK per day)
* Free use of Stavanger Library and Culture Centre's writing room (Skrivestuen) for the duration of the stay
* Festival pass for the Kapittel, Stavanger International Festival of Literature and Freedom of Speech
* Introductions to local art institutions and individuals

Itchy Fingers – A Writing Residency on Art Books

The Alexey von Schlippe Gallery at the University of Connecticut Avery Point (AVS Gallery) seeks proposals for sculpture/installations, video works/projections, or light-based works for _Open Air 2025_. The works will be exhibited on the grounds of the University of Connecticut Avery Point campus from June 5 -October 6, 2025, with an opening reception for the public on June 5\. Our goal is to assemble a dynamic set of artworks—some visible by day, some after nightfall. Themes for proposals may include, but need not be limited to, marine life, maritime history and culture, the ecology and environment of Long Island Sound, and responses to our campus architecture and dramatic shoreline. 

  
**Parameters:**

* Artists must install and deinstall their artwork, using their own tools or materials. A modest budget for installation will be provided by AVS Gallery.
* Works must be designed to withstand (or respond to) the windy conditions of the shoreline campus.
* The campus is open to the public and the University of Connecticut is not responsible for the alteration, loss, or damage of installed artworks.
* After deinstallation artists are expected to leave their site in the condition in which it was found.

Exhibition at The Alexey von Schlippe Gallery at the University of Connecticut Avery Point.

A modest budget for installation will be provided by AVS Gallery.

Open Air 2025

Arts Gowanus is partnering with Gowanus Wharf to design their forthcoming rooftop mini golf course! 

There will be 9 holes in total, and we're looking for a different artist to design an obstacle or a feature for each one of them. Designs should be fun, quirky, and Gowanus-centric! This will be a permanent installation at the mini golf course.

Artwork displayed on Gowanus Wharf.

  
If selected for a hole the artist will receive $5000 for fabrication and installation.
  
  

Open Call - Help design a mini golf course

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