OPEN CALL ART IN PUBLIC SPACE TYROL FUNDING PROGRAMME 2026
Type
Competition, Other
Category
Installation, Intervention, Other
Status
Open for Applications
Deadline
August 17, 2025
Application Fee
Free
Host
Kuenstler*innen Vereinigung Tirol
Location
Innsbruck, Austria
SEELENSCHWITZEN (ENGL: SOUL SWEATING)
Seelenschwitzen describes the field of tension between physicality, emotional transformation, collective experience and individual processing. How can social, psychological and political tensions be visualised? Who is sweating - and why? Where does anger, fear, confidence and hope smoulder? What remains when the emotion evaporates? And how can we come closer as a society by ‘sweating’ together?
In 2026 under the thematic focus of Seelenschwitzen, art in public space in Tyrol calls on various artistic works - intervention, sculpture, sound or performance - to transform the public space into a stage for different emotional and physical processes.
Keywords: corporeality - emotions - areas of tension - interventions
GENERAL INFORMATION
Since 2008, the funding programme Art in Public Space has been implemented in cooperation between the State of Tyrol and the Künstler*innen Vereinigung Tirol (Tyrolean Artists' Association), and financed by the State of Tyrol. For the year 2026, it is being announced for the sixth time under a thematic focus defined by the Künstler*innen Vereinigung Tirol; a focus aimed at bracketing content during the writing of concepts and implementation of the chosen projects. The funding programme aims to promote contemporary art and cultural projects in public space, so making the discussion of current social issues accessible to a broad public and initiating dialogue on cultural, social and political topics. The intention of Art in Public Space is to trigger discussions and play an integral role in the development of fresh perspectives.
In this context, there are no limits to the conceivable artistic formats: funding may be granted for permanent sculptural art projects, temporary interventions as well as participatory, performative and dialogical formats in public rural and urban spaces. Special attention will be paid to project submissions that are site-specific and employ inherently communicative formats, as well as sustainability in their implementation. To reach an audience that is as diverse as possible, the projects should represent a synergy between artistic practice and everyday culture. In this spirit, the projected venues may be as diverse as the projects themselves, offering opportunities to make art experienceable beyond the boundaries of cultural institutions.
ENDOWMENT
In 2026, the State of Tyrol’s programme Art in Public Space will be endowed with EUR 80,000. The sum of state funding for the projects recommended for implementation can, according to the jury’s recommendations, amount to 100% of the total eligible costs. Two to three projects will be invited for realization from among the projects submitted.
Seelenschwitzen describes the field of tension between physicality, emotional transformation, collective experience and individual processing. How can social, psychological and political tensions be visualised? Who is sweating - and why? Where does anger, fear, confidence and hope smoulder? What remains when the emotion evaporates? And how can we come closer as a society by ‘sweating’ together?
In 2026 under the thematic focus of Seelenschwitzen, art in public space in Tyrol calls on various artistic works - intervention, sculpture, sound or performance - to transform the public space into a stage for different emotional and physical processes.
Keywords: corporeality - emotions - areas of tension - interventions
GENERAL INFORMATION
Since 2008, the funding programme Art in Public Space has been implemented in cooperation between the State of Tyrol and the Künstler*innen Vereinigung Tirol (Tyrolean Artists' Association), and financed by the State of Tyrol. For the year 2026, it is being announced for the sixth time under a thematic focus defined by the Künstler*innen Vereinigung Tirol; a focus aimed at bracketing content during the writing of concepts and implementation of the chosen projects. The funding programme aims to promote contemporary art and cultural projects in public space, so making the discussion of current social issues accessible to a broad public and initiating dialogue on cultural, social and political topics. The intention of Art in Public Space is to trigger discussions and play an integral role in the development of fresh perspectives.
In this context, there are no limits to the conceivable artistic formats: funding may be granted for permanent sculptural art projects, temporary interventions as well as participatory, performative and dialogical formats in public rural and urban spaces. Special attention will be paid to project submissions that are site-specific and employ inherently communicative formats, as well as sustainability in their implementation. To reach an audience that is as diverse as possible, the projects should represent a synergy between artistic practice and everyday culture. In this spirit, the projected venues may be as diverse as the projects themselves, offering opportunities to make art experienceable beyond the boundaries of cultural institutions.
ENDOWMENT
In 2026, the State of Tyrol’s programme Art in Public Space will be endowed with EUR 80,000. The sum of state funding for the projects recommended for implementation can, according to the jury’s recommendations, amount to 100% of the total eligible costs. Two to three projects will be invited for realization from among the projects submitted.