Open Call for SCI_ART 2026 artists and researchers

SCI_ART 2026 convenes artists, scientists, and research institutions from Canada and the European Union for a transnational Artist-in-Residence program and festival taking place in Western Canada, from 22 September to 8 October 2026, across Vancouver Island, Vancouver, and the Okanagan.

At its core, SCI_ART is a science-based art initiative that positions artistic practice as a form of research capable of engaging environmental transformation through critical inquiry, experimentation, and public activation.

We invite artists working at the intersections of art, science, and technology to propose ambitious, research-driven projects that engage the urgencies of our present moment. SCI_ART 2026 convenes a transnational network of practitioners, scientists, and institutions across Canada and the European Union through an Artist-in-Residence program and festival unfolding during this period. Grounded in a science-based approach to artistic practice, the program positions art as a mode of inquiry; one capable of translating complex environmental, technological, and social systems into forms that can be experienced, questioned, and collectively understood.

Under the theme of After the Data/Cultural Climate Futures, we seek proposals that move beyond representation to engage climate systems, Northern research, and technological infrastructures through embodied, immersive, and critically situated methodologies.

The call can be found online.