The Centre for Culture and Technology is currently accepting applications for its fourth annual Artist in Residence Program, for the period of July 1 - October 15, 2025\. At the culmination of the residency, the artist will mount an exhibition of their work at the Centre for Culture and Technology’s Coach House in September 2025\. The residency will take place under the aegis of our 2025-2026 programming theme "Artificial Stupidity", and is open to artists working in media-based art, very broadly understood, whose work involves the critical deployment of machine-learning technologies or uses any medium to draw insights about contemporary media technologies and engage questions of smartness, intelligence, and/or stupidity.

  
**_Artificial Stupidity:_**

We mean this term evocatively, not strictly; there is no particular or specific thing we understand by the term _artificial stupidity_. Rather, we welcome art and scholarship, research and conversation, that puts pressure on construction of the machine learning revolution as artificial intelligence.

How have logic, thinking, or reasoning machines relieved us of the burden of thinking for ourselves? How have people had to impoverish their sense of human thinking to imagine that current technologies are (always almost) capable of such thinking How can we understand the present of "AI" technologies in light of past moments of boosterism, vapourware, unfulfilled promises What might we learn from past moments of technological critique and activism--from the Luddites' smashing of machines to the Frankfurt School's critique of instrumental reason, to 1960s and 1970s critiques of computer culture? What might we do with machine learning technologies that goes beyond--or departs in an entirely different direction from--Silicon Valley and Big Tech ideas about these technologies--what they are, might become, or ought to do? What kinds of intelligence, labour, and creativity must we bolster in the face of LLMs and image GANs? What kinds of _stupidity_ might we need to cultivate to reckon with a tech industry insistent on making everything as "intelligent" as possible?

  
**The Artist in Residence will:**

* Collaborate with the Centre's director to apply for funding in April 2025
* Be in residence at the Centre starting July 1, or as early as June 1
* Develop and mount a show that opens on September 5
* Hold the Centre's first Monday Night Seminar in the second half of September 2025
* Participate in the Centre's annual Fellows' Retreat
* Be available for class visits by University of Toronto graduate and undergraduate classes in September 2025
* Write an extended Artist statement, to be delivered as a lecture at the Centre's annual Fellows' Day conference in April 2026
* Work with the Centre's director to revise the statement for publication in the book
  
  

The Residency comes with:

* a stipend of **$10,000 CAD**
* a production and installation budget of **$10,000 CAD**
* exhibition at the Centre for Culture and Technology’s Coach House
* logistical support for applying to OAC or other granting bodies for additional funds if needed
* dedicated curatorial support from the Centre's curator
* studio and research assistance from Centre staff
* facilitated studio visits from University of Toronto faculty
* access to the University of Toronto libraries
* the invitation (but not the obligation) to participate in the Centre’s summer institutes “Computer Class” in June and July 2025
* professional photo and video documentation of the exhibition
* publication of a book by the Centre documenting and engaging with the exhibition

Please note: the Residency is open to artists who do not currently live in Toronto (and has done so in 2022 and 2024). However, living and/or moving expenses will not be covered, and we cannot offer any assistance (logistical or financial) in securing housing during the residency period.

Artist in Residence 2025–26

Are you between 18 and 30 years old, and is photography your passion? Participate in the open call by Le Stanze della Fotografia Foundation!

  
The contest, organized in conjunction with the upcoming exhibition _Robert Mapplethorpe. Le forme del classico_, which will arrive in Venice on April 10, 2025, offers selected photographers the opportunity to exhibit their works at Le Stanze della Fotografia.

  
The aim of this initiative is to recognize the talent of emerging photographers, both professional and non-professional, encouraging them in their professional journeys.

  
Participation in the open call is completely free and open to everyone, whether professionals or photography enthusiasts. Participants are required to produce three photographs that tell a story inspired by the figure of Robert Mapplethorpe and the themes of the exhibition project, structured in three stages: _The Forms of the Classic, Beauty, and Desire._ The works should create a narrative based on the following quote by Robert Mapplethorpe:

  
_“I got into photography because it seemed like the perfect vehicle for commenting on the madness of today's existence.”_ (_Robert Mapplethorpe. Between Ancient and Modern_, curated by Germano Celant, 2005).

  
The jury that will select the most representative shots includes gallerist Pierpaolo Falcone, Denis Curti (artistic director of Le Stanze della Fotografia), gallerist Giò Marconi, Joree Adilman (executive director of the Mapplethorpe Foundation), and Francesca Malgara (artistic director of MIA Photo Fair).

The finalist works, selected by the jury in a number at its discretion (ranging from a minimum of 4 to a maximum of 6), **will be exhibited at Le Stanze della Fotografia’s booth at the MIA Photo Fair, scheduled to take place in Milan from March 20 to March 23, 2025**. From among the finalist works, the jury will select a minimum of 1 and a maximum of 3 winners, whose names will be announced during the press conference for the presentation of the exhibition “Robert Mapplethorpe. Le forme del classico” at Le Stanze della Fotografia, scheduled for April 9, 2024.

  
Each winner will also be entitled to the publication of their 3 winning photographs on the official social media channels of the exhibition.

Open call for photographers under 30

15 euros per project proposal; 30 euros for 2 proposals, which also marks the maximum number of applications that can be sent. 

**SMACH Biennale is a disseminated art exhibition** that, every two years since 2012, has made a series of works conceived and installed in relation to **some of the most beautiful places in Val Badia and the UNESCO Dolomites** freely accessible to the public. In the six editions organized so far, we have presented 60 installations (many of which are now permanently exhibited at SMACH Val dl’Ert) that **interact with nature, history, identity, and the culture of the territory, conveying non-stereotypical visions of the Alpine landscape**. The Biennale aims to spark visitors’ interest both in contemporary visual art and in the locations where the artworks are set. Additionally, it aspires to stimulate imagination, critical thinking (e.g., regarding many controversial aspects of the human-nature relationship), and abstract thought in the observer. As in every edition, the artworks for the 2025 Biennale will also be selected through the dedicated call for proposals presented here. Among the project proposals received, 10 will be selected and funded based on the judgment of the technical and artistic juries, which will reward those **best able to engage with the locations and theme of the 2025 edition**.

  
**THEME 2025**

  
For the seventh edition of the SMACH Biennale, **we have chosen a Ladin (the minority local language of Val badia) term that refers to an object: ‘la cu’.** In Italian, is called “cote”, **in English “whetstone”**, in German “Schleifstein”. Different words refer to the same tool: the stone used to sharpen the scythe to cut the grass in the meadows.

The whetstone has been widespread in every corner of the planet for millennia. The Ladin and Italian terms derive from the Latin ‘cos’, ‘cotis’, which in turn comes from the root ‘co’, meaning to be sharp or cutting. **This tool** **conveys multiple themes and stimulates numerous reflections: human and technical evolution; the art of craftsmanship in continuity with the remotest times; the universality of certain tools and gestures; the transmission, or loss, of cultural heritage; the present, past, and future.** The purpose of the call is to gather your visions born from observing, studying, and speculating on this object. These ideas should then be formalized into project proposals that, if selected, will become artworks to be installed in the locations presented in the dedicated document (see attachment). We expect unexpected and stimulating interpretations, arising from a process of “reverse engineering”, deconstructing the tool into its possible, or real, physical, metaphorical, and metaphysical manifestations. We, therefore, invite you to experiment and speculate with your imagination around the proposed subject-object. This means that **the final result can diverge greatly from the starting point, both in form and materials, in formal language, and in interpretative possibilities.**

  
**For information on locations and terms and conditions see the documents at**: www.smach.it/2025-submission-page
  
  

Travel, transportation of the work (if not produced in situ), lunches 

The 10 selected artistic interventions will each be awarded a **production prize of EUR 2,000.00** per artist/ collective (net amount, taxes deducted). The fee includes coverage of costs concerning: conception, production, materials, transport (if not produced on site), installation-positioning, possible dismantling (if the work will not be acquired or donated). In addition, the costs of **board, lodging and insurance during installation residency** (to be carried out between June 1st and June 8th 2025) **are covered by SMACH**. Similarly, the costs of applications for landscape permits related to installation and are also covered by SMACH.

SMACH Art in the Dolomites. Call for proposals and residency

Established in 2022, Artlab Editorial, an initiative by Hyundai Artlab, has witnessed first hand how providing a platform for critical art writing is essential to a thriving global art ecosystem. As part of our ambition to spark meaningful dialogue, cultivate empathy, and facilitate collaborations, we’re thrilled to announce the third year of the Artlab Editorial Fellowship.

The application is open now through **March 3, 2025**, **11:59pm EST**.

Eligibility requirements and FAQs can be found on our website artlab.hyundai.com

We are looking for two art writers whose forward-thinking insights connect across boundaries, bridging cultural communities in ways both big and small.

This Fellowship is open to art writers from anywhere in the world, and at any stage of their career. The two selected Fellows will be provided $10,000 each to produce three pieces of writing for Artlab Editorial in 2025\. Additionally, each Fellow will be paired with one of this year’s Fellowship Advisors for regular one-on-one guidance and mentorship throughout the program.

  
**Fellowship Structure**

The Fellowship is designed to produce a vibrant body of new contemporary art writing and connect writers, readers, and artists around the world. With guidance from Artlab’s Editors and Advisors, Fellows will write three pieces of web-based editorial content for publication on Artlab Editorial.

Fellows will be committing to writing one 700-word article in English every other month, for publication on Artlab Editorial from May through December of 2025\. They will be expected to develop each article over the course of eight weeks, meeting with their Advisor for in-depth development sessions, and working closely with Artlab Editorial’s Editor via monthly touch-bases.

**Fellowship Advisors**

  
To enrich the experience of the Fellows and strengthen Artlab’s community of writers, Fellows will be paired with one of this year’s Fellowship Advisors, **Rahel Aima** and **Orit Gat**, to receive regular mentorship, create article outlines, and get guidance on the production of their articles during the course of the program. They will also work closely with Artlab Editorial’s Editor, Shannon Lee, via monthly check-ins for additional guidance and to ensure timely publication.

  
**Rahel Aima** is a writer, editor, and critic from Dubai. She is the Editor of _BXD: The Postwestern Review_. She is currently at work on a book about coastal terroirs, where oil meets water on the Arabian Peninsula, and becoming postwestern, as well as a collection of short exhibition fiction that springs from solar and lunar events. Published by Artlab Editorial in 2022, Aima wrote "The Artist as Sentinel," a review that juxtaposes Tania Bruguera's Hyundai Commission in Tate Modern's Turbine Hall with works by Agnieszka Kurant and Doreen Chan, showcasing how artists employing experimental media critique and celebrate the diverse possibilities of our shared future.

  
**Orit Gat** is a British writer and art critic living in London. She has written about contemporary art, books, digital culture, and football for numerous magazines including _The White Review_, _Frieze_, _e-flux journal_ and _e-flux criticism_, _ArtReview_, _Jacobin_, _Texte zur Kunst_, _Paper Visual Art_, _Art Monthly_, the _Times Literary Supplement_, the _LA Review of Books_, _The World Policy Journal_, _Camera Austria_, and _Cultured_, among others. She won the Creative Capital/Warhol Foundation Arts Writers Grant in the short-form writing category in 2015 and was a finalist for the Absolut Art Writing Award (2017) and the International Award for Art Criticism (2017, 2018). Published by Artlab Editorial in 2022, Gat wrote "How Digital Lineages Change How We Make and Own Artworks," a discussion on how we care for art in the digital age.

  
**Shannon Lee** is a writer and editor covering art, culture, the environment, and the Asian diaspora. They are the current Editor of _Artlab Editorial_ in addition to _The Amp_ at Asian American Arts Alliance. Previously, they were an Associate Editor at Artsy and Editor and a Senior Producer at _Silica Mag_. For their first piece for us, Lee reflected upon Choe U-Ram’s “Little Ark” at MMCA Seoul, questioning how we define progress—both cultural and personal.

This Fellowship is open to art writers from anywhere in the world, and at any stage of their career. The two selected Fellows will be provided $10,000 each to produce three pieces of writing every other month for Artlab Editorial in 2025 and will be paired with one of this year’s Fellowship Advisors, **Rahel Aima** and **Orit Gat**, for regular one-on-one guidance and mentorship throughout the program.

2025 Artlab Editorial Fellowship Open Call

The **UNPUBLISHED PHOTO contest** is promoted by the Fondazione culture e musei of Lugano (FCM) with MUSEC-Lugano; organised in collaboration with the 29 ARTS IN PROGRESS Gallery in Milan and the Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere e Arti in Venice and it is in partnership with the Fondazione Ada Ceschin e Rosanna Pilone in Zurich.

  
From 20 January until 3 March (12:00 am local time) applicants must submit an unpublished photographic project of **10 unpublished images**. **The projects must have a thematic and stylistic unity.** A technical jury of international experts from the world of photography and communication will chose the four finalist portfolios.

The winners will receive the following **cash prizes**:

* 1st prize: CHF 3.500
* 2nd to 4th prize : CHF 500 each

The four winners are also rewarded with the publication of a **catalogue** published by the FCM containing all the photographs submitted to the competition, and an **exhibition** in Lugano, at the MUSEC venue. The costs of these **valorisation activities** amount to CHF 50.000 and are fully covered by the FCM.

Unpublished Photo 2025

Each year NXTHVN welcomes up to seven artists and two curators to participate in its paid 10-month intensive Fellowship Program. Fellows receive studio or office space, a stipend, and subsidized housing. Selected from an international pool of applicants, Fellows relocate to New Haven to participate in NXTHVN’s mentorship-driven curriculum which includes professional development sessions led by visiting artists, curators, scholars, and practitioners. Selected Fellows are also matched with a high school apprentice, for focused one-on-one mutual learning, which gives the next local generation a chance to grow and excel in creative fields. The Fellowship year culminates with an annual group show at a prominent gallery space.

  
Requirements Include:

* Completing the entire 10-month residency program
* Attending all professional development and advising sessions
* Relocating to New Haven
* Authoring, creating, and completing most works onsite at NXTHVN
* Spending 13 hours per month mentoring a High School Apprentice
* Proof of Covid vaccination is required. NXTHVN reserves the right to require additional Covid vaccines and safety protocols during the fellowship.

NXTHVN’s 10-month Fellowships provide:

• Curatorial Fellows receive a $45,000 stipend disbursed quarterly throughout the fellowship year.

• Studio Fellows receive a $35,000 stipend disbursed quarterly throughout the fellowship year.

• Optional, subsidized housing in the Dixwell Neighborhood of New Haven

• Dedicated work and/or studio space with 24-hour access

• Monthly professional development sessions

• Access to NXTHVN’s professional network of field experts and guest speakers

• Culminating exhibitions for Curatorial Fellows and Studio Fellows

• An annual publication featuring writing and work by the Fellows and Apprentices

• Opportunity to design and participate in artist-led projects and public programming

• Vocabulary and skills for navigating the art market

NXTHVN Fellowship 

Der Greif has invited curator, writer, and critic KJ Abudu to curate a Guest Room. Based between New York, London, and Lagos, his writings and exhibitions focus on critical art and discursive practices responding to the world-historical conditions produced by colonial capitalist modernity. For this edition of Guest Room, he has chosen the theme “Sounds of Resistance" for your submissions.

  
"I’m interested in practices that simultaneously approach the photographic medium and the global field of politics in a sonic register. In other words, how might civic antagonisms, silenced histories, anti-imperial solidarities, and dissident social ensembles be figured, visually and haptically, as atonal compositions, indeterminate frequencies, and insurgent speech-acts? I encourage submissions that ask what liberatory possibilities could be gleaned from considering the sounds of images alongside the sounds of politics."

  
This open call invites artists to think about the hidden connections between images and sounds, and how photography can tell stories of resistance, solidarity, and unheard voices. How can an image echo the struggles and aspirations of people and communities? What happens when we think of an image not just as something we see but as something we can feel or hear - carrying whispers of histories, protests, and untold truths? We welcome works that explore these questions in creative and imaginative ways. Both images and videos are welcome for submission, encouraging diverse approaches to storytelling and interpretation.

* Be discovered by an expert in contemporary art and photography

  
* Get **published** in an online showcase on Der Greif alongside emerging artists from all over the world

  
* Get the chance to be awarded a **1.000** € MPB Guest Room **Scholarship**

  
* Receive the opportunity to present a **solo satellite exhibition** in Dresden (Germany), starting in June 2025 as part of the PORTRAITS - Hellerau Photography presentation

Guest Room: KJ Abudu - Sounds of Resistance

The En Foco Artist Fellowship Program is designed to support artists of color who utilize lens-based mediums and digital media technologies in their creative processes. This program merges the previous Photography Fellowship and Media Arts Fund, creating a unified opportunity for photographers and media-based artists in New York State. While applicants may apply to both forms for photographers and media-based artists, they will receive only one award. Submissions will be evaluated by a panel of industry professionals, ensuring recognition for the highest-quality work.

  
En Foco is highly regarded for its leadership in support of artists of color and for its advocacy role in addressing issues related to cultural equity and access. Previous Fellows have gained access to numerous opportunities beyond the fellowship.

  
Artists who apply for the Fellowship may also be considered for future issues of Nueva Luz, Exhibitions, and other opportunities.

The Artist Fellowship Program will:

* Award 10 Fellowships to Photographers and 5 Fellowships to Media-Based Artists, each at $1,500.
* Include Fellows in a 2025 Group Exhibition.
* Feature the Fellows in the 2025 Nueva Luz publication, both printed and online editions.
* Provide Professional Development and Networking opportunities.

En Foco 2025 Artist Fellowship

Co-ventured by TERAVARNA Art Gallery, the revolutionary Superfine Art Fair is all set to grab the spotlight one more time. The art fair is to be held from 24th – 27th April 2025, with the Gala Opening in New York. Artworks for the fair shall be extensively juried under a selection round and the best of the show will be promoted to extensive media coverage. All the chosen artists shall be eligible to display their artwork during the fair at no extra cost. This is an OPEN CALL to every artist who wants to leave their footprints on the American art scene. The winning artists will be promoted extensively in local news outlets, media channels, and press events. The submission deadline for the application is 15th March 2025 and the application charges are $20 per artwork. For further details, contact us at info@teravarna.com.

International Exhibition at New York| Superfine Art Fair 

**Visual Art Journal** is a magazine that selects and publishes works of talented emerging artists.

Magazine features up to 120 elegantly designed pages, printed on high-quality paper and is **distributed worldwide**.

Artists are encouraged to submit their work. **Submission is free** for all applicants.

Submissions are open to artists from any country who are 18 years and older. **All forms of visual art are accepted**.

Selected artists will be featured in both the print and digital versions of the magazine.

Chosen artists will receive a free digital copy of the magazine (in PDF format) and photos of their physical magazine pages.

All selected artists will also be featured on our Instagram account (**50k+ subscribers**).

The magazine is curated by artist Anna Gvozdeva.

Application is free, but a $20 fee applies for each selected artist

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