Eyebeam 2020 Open Call: Terms of Refusal
Type
Residency
Category
Activism, Digital, Mixed Media, Other
Status
Archived
Deadline
June 20, 2019
Application Fee
Not Available
Host
EYEBEAM ART + TECHNOLOGY CENTER
Location
Brooklyn, United States

When ideals of capitalist progress become the driver of societal value, a position of refusal can be a political and necessary act. Eyebeam’s 2020 Residency Open Call asks applicants to consider refusal as it relates to technology and its impact on society. How do acts of refusal manifest in one’s life and work poetically or directly?


Guided by the central prompt “what are the terms of refusal?” Eyebeam’s 2020 Residency will be punctuated by four key intensives which will be focused on research, experimentation, and exchange. They will be 3-4 days in duration, and organized by international and local visiting professionals who are working creatively as technologists, activists, and stewards of ideas in their fields. The intensives will dive into ideas of refusal in direct response to the residency cohort’s projects and research.