Neo Future - Thematic 2-week residency program in Finland, Dec 2026
Arteles Creative Center
Apply for a 2-week transdisciplinary residency in Finland (Dec 3-18, 2026) investigating future realities, AI, consciousness, and human transformation across art, science, design, technology, and philosophy.
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- 31 days left
- Entry fee
- $1450
- Award
- Residency placement; financial support available for applicants with need (limited spots)
- Location
- Finland
- Exhibition window
- Dec 3, 2026 → Dec 18, 2026
About
Overview
Neo Future is a transdisciplinary 2-week residency for creators and visionaries exploring what may emerge next. The program brings imagination, inquiry, and experimentation together across art, science, design, technology, philosophy, and unconventional forms of knowledge. It is process-focused rather than outcome-driven, creating space to question present assumptions, follow emerging ideas, and develop perspectives that may not yet fit established categories.
Key dates
- Application deadline: 3 September 2026
- Residency: 3–18 December 2026
Location & logistics
- Arteles Creative Center, Hämeenkyrö, Finland
- Private bedroom in shared housing facility on campus
- 12 artists in residence at a time
- Collaborative residency: must apply and be accepted individually
- No meals provided
- Pets are not allowed
Eligibility
Open to artists based anywhere in the world, any career stage. Minimum age 23 (younger applicants may be considered if their practice, experience, and perspective are especially well aligned with the program's theme). University degree minimum BA required; exceptions may be made for individuals with relevant experience.
Fees & funding
- Residency fee: 1450 EUR
- Financial support available for applicants who would otherwise be unable to join (limited spots)
- See program fees at https://www.arteles.org/future_residency.html
Disciplines welcome
- All disciplines including: Acting, Animation, Architecture, Art Education, Art History, Augmented Reality, Biology, Blacksmithing, Book Arts, Choreography, Computing, Costume/Fashion Design, Criticism, Dance, Digital Fabrication, Digital Media, Documentary, Drawing, Ecology, Electronic Arts, Environmental Arts, Fiction, Film, Graphic Design, Illustration, Industrial Design, Installation Arts, Interdisciplinary Arts, Journalism, Landscape Architecture, Literary Nonfiction, Literature, Mathematics, Mixed Media, Moving Image, Multimedia Arts, Music, New Genres, Nonfiction, Painting, Paper Arts, Performance Art, Philosophy, Photography, Playwriting, Poetry, Printmaking, Public Art, Science, Screenwriting, Sculpture, Sound Art, Textile & Fiber Arts/Weaving, Theater, Translation, TV + Radio, Urban Planning/Design, Virtual Reality, Visual Arts, Writing
How to apply
- Apply at https://www.arteles.org/future_residency.html
- Open application (all disciplines welcome)
- Apply individually (collaborative residencies require individual applications and acceptance)
- Award
- Residency placement; financial support available for applicants with need (limited spots)
- Entry fee
- 1450 EUR; see program fees at https://www.arteles.org/future_residency.html
- Theme
- Neo Future explores emerging realities through creative research into artificial intelligence, expanded consciousness, human transformation, singularity, and future societies, bringing together imagination, inquiry, and experimentation across art, science, design, technology, philosophy, and unconventional knowledge.
- Eligibility
- Open to artists worldwide, age 23+ (younger considered with strong alignment), minimum BA degree or relevant experience, any career stage.
- Audience
- Open to artists based anywhere in the world, any career stage
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