Open Call 

Virtual  Artist Residency in The Metaverse

Theme: "The Body and Its Many Stories.”

Nexus Art space, in collaboration with i.e. Art Projects Online Art Foundation, is thrilled to announce an international virtual artist residency with the theme “The Body and Its Many Stories.” We invite artists to explore and express their relationship with their body, something that is inherently unique to each individual. Whether it’s through personal experiences, cultural perspectives, or imaginative interpretations. The participants can consider the body not just as an external object of study, but as a deeply personal experience. 

We are seeking art that addresses the challenges of defining and categorizing the body while acknowledging its rich diversity. Your work could explore the tension between personal experiences and broader, often simplified definitions, reflecting on the many stories that each body holds.

During this unique program, we’ll host several virtual meetings, with some taking place in the Metaverse—a space offering extraordinary possibilities for artists. 

You will learn about a Spatial platform where users can design and engage in virtual environments, positioning it within the larger Metaverse ecosystem. Spatial provides artists with the tools to create their own spaces, host events, and showcase their art in immersive, digital formats. Additionally, there will be networking opportunities and the potential to build a vibrant community, attracting artists, art enthusiasts, and collectors.

Duration: The residency spans one month, from 1st November 2024 to 29th November 2024, with virtual meetings scheduled twice a week throughout the duration. 

Exhibition: The residency will culminate in a virtual group exhibition, showcasing the creative journey and final works of participating artists. Although we are physically apart, this virtual exhibition aims to unite artists and audiences in a shared experience that reflects our collective humanity and community spirit.

Exhibition Venue: The group exhibition will be hosted virtually in the Nexus Artspace Gallery within the Metaverse.

Submission Guidelines: There is no charge for submission. Please submit a portfolio of 5-10 recent artworks, along with your CV, Bio, Artist Statement, and a Cover Letter to: info@nexusartspace.com

This call is open to visual artists, sound artists, video artists and photographers. 

Residency Fee: A fee of $300 USD is required for participation. Payment details will be provided to the selected artists for the residency.

Submission deadline: 20th October 2024 (12:00 AM CET).

Open Call (Ended)

"View-Self" -Online Artist Residency

“View-Self” - Exploring Cultural Identity, is the theme for an international virtual artist residency at Nexus Artspace in collaboration with i.e. Art Projects Online Art Foundation.
We invite participants to consider the Cultural identity. 

What is Cultural Identity? 

Cultural identity is the fabric that weaves together the sense of belonging and attachment we feel towards our cultural heritage. It is the collective embodiment of beliefs, customs, traditions, language, values, norms, and practices that distinguish one cultural group from another. Shaped by upbringing, socialization, historical context, geography, religion, ethnicity, and personal experiences, cultural identity is a cornerstone of our self-concept and worldview. It influences behavior, interactions, and provides a sense of continuity and belonging. It’s a dynamic force, ever evolving as we traverse through various cultural landscapes and experiences.

The Residency Experience: 

Explore the Metaverse; A Groundbreaking Virtual Artist Residency 

Join us for an immersive virtual artist residency experience that pushes the boundaries of creativity and innovation. During this unique program, we’ll host several virtual meetings in the Metaverse—a space that offers extraordinary possibilities. 

Here’s what you can expect:

• Use the Metaverse as a new tool for your artistic creativity and exposure.

• Unleash boundless creativity and imagination in a limitless virtual space.

• Connect with artists worldwide, transcending physical boundaries.

• Explore cutting-edge technology and unconventional artistic mediums and techniques.

• Participate from anywhere in the world.

• Celebrate diversity through cross-cultural exchanges.

• Networking opportunities; seeing artists, art enthusiasts and collectors from all over the world.

• Create your own community, fostering opportunities for artistic inspiration and collaboration.

• Participate in endless and continuous events and exhibitions to showcase your work

Award: After the duration of “View-Self” online artist residency, one artist will be selected to stay at Nexus Artspace artists residency in Hong Kong for a duration of 2 weeks.

Collaboration and Exhibition: The residency will culminate in a virtual group exhibition, showcasing the creative journey and final works of our artists. We champion communication, co-creation, accountability, experimentation, and fostering a safe space for artistic expression. While physically apart, this virtual exhibition aims to unite artists and audiences in a shared experience that reflects our collective humanity and community spirit.

Duration: The residency spans one month, commencing on 10th June 2024 and concluding on 9th July 2024.

Programming: Selected artists will engage with the visual arts within the thematic framework provided. Regular online meetings will facilitate discussions on progress and artistic development with peers, organizers, and critics.

Exhibition Venue: The group exhibition will be hosted virtually in the Metaverse, at  www.nexusartspace.com  and www.ieartprojects.com 

Application Deadline: Submission will be closed on 31st May 2024.

Submission Guidelines: There is no charge for submission. Please submit a portfolio of 5-10 recent artworks, along with your CV, Bio, Artist Statement, and a Cover Letter to: info@nexusartspace.com

Residency Fee: A fee of $300 USD is required for participation. Payment details will be provided to the selected artists for the residency.

For any further questions, please contact us at: info@nexusartspace.com

Open Call (Ended)

The Sense of Place -Online Artist Residency

The Sense of Place is the theme for an international online artist residency at i.e. Art Projects Online Art Foundation.

We invite participants to consider the identities of “places,” the ones we walk over and through and live in. Some of these places are our homes, or locations where we have had formative experiences that are significant only to us. As the philosopher Edward Casey wrote in the foreword to his book The Fate of Place:

“To exist in any way,” “is to be somewhere. Place is as requisite as the air we breathe, the ground on which we stand, the bodies we have…We are surrounded by places. We walk over and through them. We live in places, relate to others in them, die in them.”[1]

This phrase expresses concisely the fundamental significance of place and the fact that it is through places that we know much of the world. In general, sense of place describes our relationship with places, expressed in different dimensions of human life: emotions, biographies, imagination, stories, and personal experiences (Basso, 1996).[2] In environmental psychology, sense of place—how we perceive a place— includes place attachment and place meaning (Kudryavtsev, Stedman and Krasny, 2012).[3] Place attachment reflects a bond between people and places, and place meaning reflects symbolic meanings people ascribe to places. In short, “sense of place is the lens through which people experience and make meaning of their experiences in and with place” (Adams, 2013)[4]. Sense of place varies among people, in history, and over the course of one’s lifetime.

In other words, “a sense of place” advocates the need to bring ideas of place and into the foreground of thinking and creating.

This virtual artist residency is an effort for visual artists with different culture and background to understand, experience and produce art in this provided virtual place.

Participants should try to produce works that relate to the notion of “place” as the entry point for artists to create their own, free association response, creative reaction.

The process and outcomes of this project will culminate in an online group exhibition at the end of the artist residency. As a community, we value communication, co-creation, accountability, experimentation, and safe space to make art. Artists and audiences may not be together physically but viewing of the process of production and the outcome of this program in a virtual exhibition can provide a common experience to gain an understanding of the community and humanity during this provided place of activities.

Duration:

Duration of this online artist residency is limited to one month. The residency will start from 10th April 2023 to 9th May 2023.

Programming:

All invited artists should work in the field of visual art within the framework of the proposed theme outlined above. Participants are expected to join the regular meetings online to discuss their work and progress with the organizers and other invited artists and critics during the residency. All residents are given an allotted number of days to finalize their works.

The online group exhibition of this residency shall take place on: 22nd May 2023.

Deadline:

31st March 2023

Submit:

A portfolio containing 5-10 previous artworks, CV, Bio, Artist statement and a Cover Letter at: infor@ieartprojects.com

Fees:

Residency fee: $300 USD

*For payment methods please contact us at: info@ieartprojects.com