mur.at and the Collective Intelligence Association (CIA) are looking for a number of artists or collectives to participate in a 5-day artistic residency and worklab in Graz, Austria, from 1 to 5 December 2025.
Throughout the year, mur.at has been collecting intelligence from artists, collectives, and passersby in Graz and beyond. The selected artists will together collaborate with CIA and the mur.at team to work with this collected material and develop an artistic investigation that may take the form of data-mining art, a documentary on intelligence, a net art provocation, new software—or something entirely unexpected. The form is open. The only condition is that it must emerge within the thematic frame of collective intelligence. Since the annual theme is KI – Kollektive Intelligenz (Collective Intelligence), the organisers propose that the structure of the five-day worklab – based on the idea of an open Barcamp to the mur.at community – to be collectively defined by the invited participants.
A total of three international and three Graz-based artists will co-curate and co-develop the worklab/barcamp programme and co-host it. The outcome of the worklab may include performances, workshops, publications, public presentations, or digital/media-based work.
Eligibility
Creative developers, activists, writers, and artists working in network art, sound art, media art, digital art, or related practices—anyone contributing to the development of network-based artistic communities and interested in engaging with the topic of collective intelligence.
Support
- Travel reimbursement up to 150 EUR for non-Graz-based artists (sustainable ways of travelling preferred).
- Accommodation for the duration of the residency for those based outside Graz.
- 500 EUR fee per artist.
- Small production budget can be provided.
- Project assistance throughout the whole residency.
