Media Archaeology Lab Practitioner-In-Residence "Counter Computing: Alternative Imaginaries"

Category: Research grant / fellowship / scholarship

The theme for our 2025/2026 residency is Counter Computing: Alternative Imaginaries. We would like to see your interpretation and exploration of this open brief. You may consider thinking about the following questions: What is computation? What is the role of the “counter” in artistic and technological practice? How can we imagine technology and society otherwise through such counter-acts? What are the poetics of techno-social relations? We are interested in any form of artistic and/or scholarly practice that engages counter-computational practices, such as glitching, hacking, tinkering, queering, subverting, (un)making and (re)imagining. Through such experimentation, we encourage you to explore how our relation to (and imagination of) technology can be remade to envision alternative pasts, presents and futures. We are open to proposals for residencies of up to 4 weeks which will be held over the course of the 2025/2026 academic school year, beginning September 2025 until June 2026 (5 residencies in total). Residencies include full access to the lab and its collection and logistical support to whatever extent is possible (we operate on a volunteer basis and foster the ethos of collaboration and independence in hands-on inquiry). In addition to working in the lab, Chosen participants will receive a stipend of $1000 to support the production of their work. We are unfortunately not in a position to provide accommodation in Boulder, but we will support you in writing letters of invitation for funding (and/or visa) applications. The program is open to artists of all genres and disciplines as well as practice-based researchers, tinkerers, retro-tech enthusiasts or other counter-disciplinary practitioners. Applications from established professionals, emerging creators; and students are welcome! Submissions may be made by individuals or collectives (in case of collectives, the stipend will be shared among members). We encourage local, national, and international practitioners to apply. If you are excited about the MAL collection and are interested in this hands-on inquiry, we’d love to hear from you!

Initiator(s):
Media Archaeology Lab CU Boulder

Deadline: 15.05.2025

https://mediaarchaeologylab.ghost.io/practitioner-in-residence-open-call/

Post created by: Lymor Wolf Goldstein