Q&A on the Open Call »Reimagining Connections: Nature, Art, and Technology«

Last Call for »Reimaging Connections«: Are you a media artist from an Arab-speaking country and interested in a residency at ZKM? 

We offer an online session on Friday, April 26, 1 pm CEST (= 2 pm in Cairo) to answer any last-minute questions before the deadline on April 30.

ZKM | Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe, in partnership with Cairotronica and the Goethe-Institutes in North Africa and the Middle East, invites applications from artists in Arabic-speaking countries for a residency program designed for visual and new media artists working on the intersection of art, society, nature and technology. This residency offers a unique opportunity for one artist to explore the theme »Reimagining Connections«, which intersects with the concept of »Out-Natured« and ZKM's focus areas: life cycles, technology-mediated connections, and non-human actors.
 

Subthemes that can be explored (but not limited to):

• Imagining of productive human connection mediated by technology
• Connection to nature
• Critical reflection of transhumanist movements
• How would non-human actors shape their surroundings if not disturbed by humans?
• Connecting nature and technology in meaningful ways
• Speculative design and future-telling
• Climate and migration
• Nature and technology in Science-Fiction
• Data and storytelling about natural phenomena or climate change
• Reflections about sustainable practices of technology use