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 project is looking for artistic proposals for (1) a spatial ArtXScience artwork that goes beyond screen-based explorations and (2) public engagement formats involving the local community connected to the artwork. The final artistic outcome will be presented in the Ars Biologica Festival in spring 2028. The Biology Centre of the Czech Academy of Sciences is the main science partner for the residency 2027.

Applications are open to artists with prior experience in interdisciplinary collaborations, ArtXScience productions and community engagement. 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.

There is 24,000 EUR in total funding available: 6,000 EUR Artist Fee; up to 15,000 EUR Production Budget; 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).

For further information please visit: ars.electronica.art

ContaCt

Ars Electronica Linz GmbH & Co KG
Ars-Electronica-Straße 1
4040 Linz, Austria
Tel.: +43 732 7272 0
Mail: zita.cechova(at)budejovice2028.cz

Deadline: September 28, 2026