Open Call: Wild Bits residency and exhibition

OPEN CALL: Wild Bits residency 2025

Residency duration: up to 3 weeks
Residency dates: June-July 2025
Residency location: Estonia, Maajaam
Application deadline: 24th of March 2025 (included)
Results of the open call: mid April 2025

After exhibiting a large-scale outdoor technological art exhibition over the summer of 2024, Wild Bits is transitioning into a triennial format, with the next edition planned for 2027. This ambitious project aims to establish a recurring platform for artists exploring the intersection of nature, technology, and human interaction within outdoor settings.

Through this open call, the technological art farm Maajaam is seeking proposals for installations, interventions, or processes to be placed in natural landscapes that explore the human condition in a contemporary technological society. The artworks should be able to withstand outdoor conditions. We encourage artists to consider energy-sustainable solutions, such as alternative sources (e.g., solar panels), and to be as economical as possible.

RESIDENCY
The residency duration at Maajaam is up to three weeks, depending on your production plan. The residency will take place between June and July 2025 at Maajaam, Estonia. During the residency, the artists will be expected to produce their artwork using the workspaces and available tools. The artists will be accommodated in the Maajaam residency house. If you wish to apply as an artist group, Maajaam can accommodate up to 3 people per collective.

BUDGET
The selected projects will receive an artist’s fee of 3000€ (per collective, gross salary, all taxes included) for participating in the residency and carrying out the production of the artwork. The production budget for the project is up to 5000€. The artists’ travel budget is limited to 350€ per person within Europe and up to 700€ for artists traveling outside the EU. Accommodation will be provided by the organiser.

APPLYING
Please include your artwork sketches and description of the idea, preliminary budget, creative CV or portfolio in your proposal. The application form can be found here: www.maajaam.ee/opencall/2025/wild-bits

DEADLINE
The deadline is on the 24th of March 2025.

The open call is supported by Tartu 2024, European Union, Kultuurikauppila Arts Center in Finland.