Call for Submissions

Vector Festival 2024: Sensorium

Vector Festival and Sensorium invite current Sensorium Postdoc, Graduate, Faculty and Research Associate members to submit proposals to activate the Sensorium Flex Space exhibiting artistic work that explores the intersection of ecology and technology. Potential themes include:

  • Climate change
  • Disintegration, decomposition
  • Obsolete technology
  • Migration and/or weather patterns

    • Vector Festival 2024’s thematic, too fragile to hold, is developed by Miriam Arbus, and looks to explore the combined experiences of migrating species, weather patterns, geopolitical scrambling, and algorithmic data processing. We encourage artists to explore artworks that remind us that all is cosmic, symbiotic, interconnected, intersected and intertwined. All programming and artworks included in the festival are asked to respond to the festival thematic.

    This program is co-presented with Sensorium.

    Based in the School of the Arts, Media, Performance & Design (AMPD) at York University, Sensorium is a research centre for creative inquiry and experimentation at the intersection of the media arts, performance, and digital culture. As a site for co-creation and shared critical reflection, Sensorium serves as a catalyst for examining how diverse media platforms enable multi-sensory perception and embodied experience, along with new modes of social engagement. Bridging disciplines and diverse communities, Sensorium researchers, artists, and scientists explore networked connections between people, sentient environments, and ecologies of place.

    Timeline

    Application deadline: April 19, 2024
    Dates: Between July 11 – July 21, 2024
    Artists are expected to be available for installation

    TYPE OF ARTWORK

    New media projects, including one-night performances or screenings, or week-long (July 12-19) exhibitions or installations.

    Location

    Projects will be installed in Sensorium’s Flex Space, Joan and Martin Goldfarb Centre for Fine Art.
    Find more information on the Sensorium Flex Space here.

    Fees

    Vector Festival does not charge submission fees or provide production expenses. All artists selected for participation will receive fees in accordance with CARFAC and IMAA fee schedules, as well as support to apply for external funding.

    Collaborators

    This program is proudly co-presented with Sensorium: Centre for Digital Arts and Technology at York University.

    Equity

    InterAccess is committed to equity and strongly encourages applications from equity-deserving communities, including artists who are Black, Indigenous, People of Colour, LGBTQ-identified, Gender Diverse, Two-Spirit, and Persons with Disabilities. 

    Contact

    Please reach out to the centre coordinator, Helen Lee, at helen2@yorku.ca with any questions about Sensorium, or art@interaccess.org with questions about Vector Festival, the application process, or the application form.

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    VF24 SENSORIUM: SUBMISSION FORM

    Open call for submissions to VECTOR FESTIVAL 2024: Sensorium. This form may not save progress - please draft submission text outside of this form if possible. Reach out to art@interaccess.org with any questions with the application form, or helen2@yorku.ca with any questions about Sensorium.
    This helps the programming committee & curators properly address you upon deliberation.
    This helps the programming committee & curators properly address you upon deliberation.
    Approximately 300 words
    Outline the technical requirements for the presentation of the work. Please outline which materials are to be provided by the artist and which materials required from the venue.
    Click or drag files to this area to upload. You can upload up to 5 files.
    Add up to five images of your work (JPG or PNG, maximum file size 1MB each)
    Link to streamable audio/video documentation viewable online; we will not download any files to view. 5 minutes max of material will be viewed. Please ensure share settings are accurate and the link does not expire; we will not reach out to fix any broken links.
    Approximately 150 words
    Click or drag a file to this area to upload.
    PDF, under 20MB
    Please indicate if your work has a thematic, conceptual, or historical connection to Toronto, or if you have a biographic connection to the Greater Toronto Area (including if you attended university in the GTA). We are considering works from local and international artists - connection to the GTA is not required, but if relevant, we're interested to know.
    Do you belong to any marginalized or equity-deserving communities? These are including, but not limited to: People of colour/Racialized, Indigenous, Black, LGBTQIA2S+, Disabled/Chronically Ill/Living with a Mental Illness, Newcomer (to Canada), Low-income/No generational wealth. Please be as specific or general as you'd like. Sharing this information is completely voluntary and helps us ensure artist selection is diverse and representative of our community.