But it also wants to take the urgency of the drastic Ukrainian situation as a starting point to ask the global question of where else political influence and aggression are preventing artists from taking their role for and in society.Īrtists, creatives, curators, writers, critics, scientists, entrepreneurs, associations, public institutions, NGOs, or private enterprises (not limited to), no matter if individuals or groups, can enter the open call. This initiative is aimed at creatives from the Ukraine and beyond to provide concrete financial support and visibility to artists living in oppressed political systems. A space that is meant to symbolise the fact that even massive political or military influence does not, cannot and must not hinder the critical reflective power of artists. It should furthermore be a documentation space and memorial for what motivates artists in such drastic situations.
This digital space should be understood as a place of action, expression, and exchange for all those creative artists whose life situation does not allow them to express themselves freely. Ars Electronica offer a digital, virtual space which, anonymised or personalised, should be an integral place of expression and documentation of the freedom of artistic thought and expression.
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Selected winners are highlighted in curated exhibitions in a virtual Kunsthalle and through curated lectures live-streamed on the Ars Electronica Festival TV Channel. Together with the Austrian Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs and in the spirit of the already established prize for ‘Digital Humanism’, Ars Electronica are inviting artists, creatives, and activists from the Ukraine and beyond who are at risk politically and do not have the human right of freedom of speech, to submit their works and projects.Īll submitted projects are part of the Ars Electronica Festival 2022 and will be presented online. These dramatic and frightening developments in the cultural region of Eastern Europe provide an urgent reason to address the situation of cultural workers and artists. The war in Ukraine has devastating consequences, destroys livelihoods and attempts to destroy the cultural identity of Ukraine and its citizens.
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