Appel à projets de création en impesanteur @ Observatoire de l'Espace du CNES — Annonce du CIPAC
Call for Zero-G Art Creation Projects @ CNES Space Observatory
Submit a project proposal for creating a conceptual artwork during a parabolic flight in weightlessness, to be realized aboard an aircraft as part of the CNES Space Observatory's collection.
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Get matched →- Deadline
- 63 days left
- Entry fee
- Free
- Award
- Selection for parabolic flight participation, public exhibition, and acquisition into CNES Space Observatory contemporary art collection
- Location
- Parabolic flight (aircraft); CNES Space Observatory, France
About
Overview
The CNES Space Observatory invites artists to create a work that fully engages with weightlessness, a defining characteristic of the extraterrestrial environment. The parabolic flight produces brief 22-second periods of weightlessness, providing access to this aspect of space. The selected artist will participate in one of these flights to create a conceptual artwork that documents their confrontation with this spatial component. The organization will consider the artist's engagement with weightlessness, technical feasibility within flight constraints, and aesthetic approach as the main evaluation criteria.
Key dates
- Application deadline: October 5, 2026, 4 PM
- Artist selection announcement: November 2026 onwards
- Flight campaign scheduled for March 2027
About the organizer
The CNES (Centre National d'Études Spatiales / French National Centre for Space Studies) Space Observatory conducts a cultural policy of production and acquisition of artworks to engage broader reflections through artistic creation on the uses of space beyond scientific, commercial, or military applications.
Application requirements
- Submit as PDF files only, using a large file transfer platform (e.g., WeTransfer)
- Email subject line: "candidature appel zeroG"
- Filenames must follow: NOM_Prénom_Appel_zeroG
- Send to: [email protected]
Evaluation criteria
The artistic commission will assess the consideration of the weightlessness component, feasibility relative to technical flight constraints, and the aesthetic choices adopted by the artist.
Outcome
The selected artwork will be publicly exhibited and then acquired into the CNES Space Observatory's contemporary art collection.
- Award
- Selection for parabolic flight participation, public exhibition, and acquisition into CNES Space Observatory contemporary art collection
- Entry fee
- Free to enter
- Theme
- Artists are invited to create a conceptual artwork that engages with weightlessness and the unique characteristics of the extraterrestrial environment, using a parabolic flight that produces brief 22-second sequences of zero gravity.
- Eligibility
- Open to all artists; application materials must be submitted in French.
- Audience
- Open to all artists
- Format
- Ship your work in
- Contact
- [email protected]
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