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Two residency positions for artists, designers, creatives, and artist collectives to create a spatial ArtXScience artwork and public engagement format in collaboration with scientists, with outcomes presented at the Ars Biologica Festival in spring 2028.
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Get matched →Ars Biologica is a living laboratory for shared ecological futures—an experimental space where art and science meet to explore ways of caring for the world we live in. The ArtXScience residency is part of the České Budějovice European Capital of Culture 2028 programme. Two residency positions offer artists, designers, creatives, and artist collectives the opportunity to integrate scientific research into artistic practices, working with scientists from the Biology Centre of the Czech Academy of Sciences. The residency calls for a spatial ArtXScience artwork (going beyond screen-based work) alongside a public engagement format involving the local community, with outcomes presented at the Ars Biologica Festival in spring 2028.
Residents will work with one of two scientific directions: soil microorganisms and their role in climate and ecosystem balance (Institute of Soil Biology and Biogeochemistry), or freshwater microbial ecosystems and water quality (Institute of Hydrobiology's Department of Aquatic Microbial Ecology).
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České Budějovice, Czech Republic (onsite residency), with additional trips required to Ars Electronica in Linz, Austria.
Online application with no entry fee. Jury includes representatives from České Budějovice ECoC 2028, the Biology Centre CAS (both institutes), the Uroboros ABIS Program, and Ars Electronica. Selection criteria: originality, local community impact, quality of portfolio, and eligibility/feasibility.
Credit line required: 'This project was developed in the framework of the Ars Biologica project enabled by České Budějovice – European Capital of Culture 2028 in partnership with Ars Electronica and Biology Center CAS.' Selected artists are expected to share updates on social media and provide images of the residency process.