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Ars Biologica ArtXScience Residency Open Call
With the Ars Biologica ArtXScience Residency Open Call, České Budějovice European Capital of Culture (ECoC) 2028 and Ars Electronica invite artists, designers, creatives, and artist collectives to apply for a fully funded programme designed for direct collaboration with local scientists.
The ArtXScience residency is one part of the Ars Biologica project, a key pillar of České Budějovice – European Capital of Culture 2028. The aim is to explore how art and science can collaborate to address urgent environmental challenges, with a special focus on climate emergence, sustainable agriculture, geoengineering, permaculture, water resource management, and the broader ecological impacts on local communities.
The residency includes
- 6 000 EUR Artist Fee
- Up to 15 000 EUR Production Budget (proposal required)
- Up to 3 000 EUR for transportation, travel, accommodation, and subsistence (required travels are 2-5 trips to Budweis; 2 trips to Ars Electronica; accommodation for one month stay in České Budějovice is covered by separate budget)
Deadline: 28 September 2026
Eligebility
- Artists with prior experience in interdisciplinary collaborations, ArtXScience productions and community engagement.
- The applicant should have produced enough documented work to allow the assessment of their artistic portfolio. They must have more than 5 years of professional creative practice.
- The ideal candidate will show a deep interest in collaborating with scientists involved and being part of a team that will jointly work on the co-production of a new artistic output.
- The applicants must be 18 years old or older and can be of all nationalities, but must be eligible to work and travel in the EU.
Read more here.