ELSEHERE Artist Open Call

Free to Apply | Rolling Review | Global
A free entry point into ELSEHERE’s publishing, features, and future projects.
ELSEHERE is inviting artists, researchers, and cross-media makers into their curatorial and editorial field. Selected submissions may be routed into STRATUM publication, artist features, Inside-Out interviews, partner matching, programs, and future commissions.
No submission fee. Rolling review.
Some practices don’t fit existing categories yet. They’re still forming, still moving, still alive. If your work carries a distinct method and a clear aesthetic direction, ELSEHERE wants to meet you.

What this Open Call is for
This is a long-running intake into ELSEHERE’s ecosystem.
ELSEHERE reviews with care, then place selected artists into the most fitting format inside ELSEHERE: editorial, publishing, profile features, program pathways, and project opportunities.

Pathways this Open Call may lead to
Depending on fit, readiness, and timing, this Open Call may lead to:
1) Presentation and Visibility
- Curated features and editorial publication across platforms
- International interview and profile (Inside-Out artist conversation series)
- Cross-platform release across Chinese and Western channels (site, social, video)

2) Development and Incubation
- IP development and long-term project shaping
- Artist digital identity and brand architecture (clear positioning, materials, structure)
- Dedicated artist profile page hosted within the ELSEHERE ecosystem

3) Projects, Activations, and Commissions
- Project matching with institutions, festivals, and collaborators
- Cross-border programs and exchange opportunities
- Priority consideration for co-production and future commissions when aligned

4) Collaboration and Partner Pathways
- Partner introductions and resource matching (when relevant)
- Cross-disciplinary collaboration opportunities
- Public programs, talks, and audience-facing formats

Who this is for
ELSHERE welcomes artists and researchers working across:
- Performance and dance, installation, moving image, photography
- Sound, music, composition, text-based practices
- Hybrid, interdisciplinary, research-driven work
- Practices in formation: unfinished, evolving, or long-term investigations are welcome
Institutional affiliation is not required. What matters is that the practice is authored, intentional, and going somewhere.

Requirements

What ELSEHERE looks for
- A distinct method and an evolving aesthetic language
- Conceptual clarity and strong craft
- A sense of authorship: the work feels specific to you
- Work that holds up in close viewing and sustained attention
- Surprise, rigor, and care

What to submit
Submit a concise package. Keep it clean and legible.
- Artist name + location
- Medium / discipline
- Short description (5 to 10 sentences)
- Links to work (unlisted or password-protected is fine)

Optional: press / portfolio / project deck / bio
If you are submitting a project proposal rather than a finished work, include:
- Logline, format, references, timeline, collaborators (if any)
If shortlisted, ELSEHERE will contact you for a short alignment conversation
ELSEHERE will be clear about next steps and placement options

Free to apply
This open call has no submission fee.
ELSEHERE want the entry point to stay accessible, while keeping the review standards high.

Application Instructions

Apply via the Open Call page:
https://www.elsehereglobal.com/open-calls/elsehere-artist-open-call
or email to artists@elsehereglobal.com
(Use the submission portal on ELSEHEREGlobal.com.)

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