Emergence at All Scales (EAAS) – a Dutch research consortium bringing together researchers across mathematics, physics, astronomy, chemistry and related fields – together with the Science & Cocktails Foundation, Stichting Paradiso and NWA Route Kunst, invites artists, makers and collectives to propose new works inspired by the theme of Emergence.
Selected projects will be developed in dialogue with EAAS researchers and will premiere at the first Emergence Festival in June 2027. The festival is part of EAAS’s wider societal programme, which uses art, debate, film, music, performance and education to create a two-way conversation between research and society.
Across EAAS, researchers study emergence at many scales: from quantum spacetime and the early universe, to hydrodynamics, quantum matter, collective behaviour, social segregation, networks, and intelligent materials. The call welcomes proposals that connect to a single EAAS research project, to several projects, or to the theme of emergence more broadly. It is especially interested in works that can make complex ideas tangible for a broad public and that may continue to travel, be exhibited, or be reused after the festival.
Eligible fields:
- visual art, digital art, film, video, documentary, installation, exhibition or sculpture
- performance, theatre, dance, music, sound art, and hybrid or interdisciplinary forms
- projects that translate research questions, concepts, data, simulations, methods, ambitions or early findings into a public experience
- works conceived for presentation at the Emergence Festival, ideally with potential for a life beyond it
Selected fellows receive a production budget of up to 20,000 EUR including VAT per project (costs can include artist fees, materials, equipment, rehearsal space, travel, accommodation, installation and performance costs, etc.).
