Padimai Art and Tech Studio invites art practitioners to apply for a three-month online residency (20 September 2026 – 20 December 2026) that explores the intersection of contemporary art and blockchain technology.
The Onchain Artist Residency is structured as a remote residency with designed online community engagements, it supports the development of research-led practices at the intersection of contemporary art and digital culture. At the centre of this edition is OOPS, a framework that brings attention to origin, source material, archival form, and the systems through which artworks are organised and made legible.
Selected artists will be invited to work across interrelated disciplines:
- The role of technology in shaping artistic production.
- Blockchain as a mode of documentation and archival practice.
- The translation of references and source materials into digital formats.
- The development of methodologies for organising creative data.
- The use of datasets to open new ways of accessing, interpreting, and experiencing artworks.
At the end of the three-month residency, participants would deliver three NFTs developed during the duration of the residency to Padimai.
Five practitioners will be selected for the first edition of the residency. It is a remote residency with community engagement designed through online meetings. Each individual will receive an honorarium of 15,000 SGD. There is also an additional 5,000 SGD for documentation purposes including audio, video and photography.
