BAD Award invites designers and artists interested in bio art and design to propose projects for collaborative work across disciplines. The Bio Art & Design (BAD) Award, existing since 2010, is a yearly 25,000 euro award. With the budget a maximum of three successful applicants are given the opportunity to fully realise a new work of art or design that pushes the boundaries of scientific research and creative expression.
The BAD Award highlights and explores exciting new intersections among design, artistic practice and the (life)sciences. The BAD Award is made possible by a collaborative consortium of Eindhoven based cultural partners: BioArt Laboratories, Dutch Design Foundation, MU Hybrid Art House, and Next Nature.
To be eligible for the award, you must have graduated no longer than five years ago from a design or art school/academy (at either the master’s or bachelor’s level). Applicants are encouraged to relate their proposals to recent developments in the (life)sciences, with a focus on living materials from molecules to the universe and every bio entity in-between, natural and synthetic.
Shortlisted applicants will pitch their projects at a matchmaking event in Eindhoven on 8 April 2022 (the organisers reimburse up to 100 EUR of travel expenses for EU applicants and up to 400 EUR for applicants outside the EU). Selected projects will be realised June - December 2022 before a final exhibition opening at MU Hybrid Art House (Eindhoven, Strijp-S) at the end of the year.