TOPO, the Montreal-based artist-run center for the digital arts, has launched a new call for projects for its 2024-2026 artistic programming. Both established and emerging artists with a digital arts practice were invited to submit a project in one of the following three options:
OPTION 1: an installation project for TOPO’s window display,
OPTION 2: a co-production project to be developed with TOPO,
OPTION 3: a project involving public participation.
TOPO seeks proposals offering engaged discourses integrating text, image or sound in their physical, visual or social dimensions. Proposals may include both an installation component and a web dimension that extends the experience into virtual space. Projects addressing issues of cultural mediation to encourage citizen participation may be developed with the organization’s support.
TOPO’s mission is to assist and equip artists in their exploration of contemporary digital art practices. As a production and dissemination center, TOPO will consider with as much attention experimental, work-in-progress and finalized projects.
TOPO encourages submissions from artists who identify with indigenousness, diversity in all its forms, or who have an atypical background.
OPTION 1: Window display
Topo’s window display is ideal for small interactive media installations: it is a 12 sq. m. (125 sq. ft.) glazed space located in the corridor on the first floor of the Pôle de Gaspé; home to commercial, cultural and artistic spaces, including nine artist-run dissemination and production centers. Within this environment, the window captures attention and provokes various reflections around the occupation of space and in situ production. Proposals can include both an installation component and a web dimension to extend the experience into virtual space.
Follow this link to see a plan of the showcase.
Learn about our previous window display installations
OPTION 2: Co-production project
The center offers to support a limited number of research-creation projects, with various forms of production and dissemination support, to be defined on a case-by-case basis. This could involve personalized accompaniment, residencies, web development, etc.
OPTION 3: Citizen participation
Participative projects may require a longer-term reciprocal commitment from the artist and the organization. Project support may be conditional on dedicated funding for cultural mediation projects.
Call for projects
Deadline: August 15th 2023
PDF version
Selection criteria
- Project relevance and feasibility in the given context
- The artist must be able to produce the work and maintain it throughout its dissemination, with TOPO’s support
- Web works must be compatible with standard distribution platforms
- Hybrid and multidisciplinary submissions are encouraged
Offered to selected artists
- Dissemination fee
- Access to the center’s computer and audiovisual equipment (see our list)
- Personalized support based on project needs and TOPO resources
- Twenty-five hours of technical support for exhibitions (including set-up support)
- Organization of a dissemination event supported by a promotional campaign
- Possibility of developing and presenting a mediation workshop with a fee
- In the case of artists living outside the Montreal region, travel and accommodation expenses will have to be covered by a specific agreement or dedicated funding
Submission file
Applications may be submitted individually or collectively, in French or English.
A – Project and approach
- Project description (500 words)
- Description of technical requirements (300 words)
- Artistic approach (300 words)
- Optional: Description of a mediation workshop (300 words)
- CV (3 pages maximum)
These materials must be grouped together in a single pdf file (15 MB maximum). If you are more comfortable with oral than written communication, you can replace part of the text file with an audio file or a short video. In this case, these documents should be grouped together in a zip file (15 MB maximum).
B – Visual documentation
- Images (jpg, gif or png format; 10 maximum)
- Press kit, if applicable (4 pages maximum)
- A maximum of 3 web and video links grouped together with their description in a pdf.
These documents must be grouped together in a single zip file (15 MB maximum).
Please use the following standard for naming files, avoiding special and accented characters:
- Project and approach : ArtistName_PROJECT_TOPO_2024-2026.pdf
- Visual documentation : ArtistName_VISUALS_TOPO_2024-2026.zip
Submission files are no longer accepted, as the deadline has passed.
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