Realities in Transition 2, Open Call #4: Relational Realities

About this call

Open Call #4 of Realities in Transition 2, hosted by Beta Festival in Ireland, is a collaborative XR residency on technology seen through relationships between human, artificial and more-than-human intelligence, with attention to decolonial practice and to Ireland's ecological, cultural and infrastructural realities. Three artists are selected and joined by a creative technologist to make one collective XR artwork. The residency runs from March to August 2027, with an in-person period in May and June 2027 at Beta in Dublin, a public Test Lab in June 2027 and a showcase at Beta Festival in November 2027. Medium: XR, interactive, multiple users.

Who can apply

• Limited by country or region
• Medium: New Media / Installation
• Entry fee: See official site
• Open to artists who are permanent residents of an EU Member State or a country associated with the Creative Europe programme (the 27 EU Member States plus Iceland, Norway, Liechtenstein, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, Ukraine, Moldova, Armenia and Tunisia). Applicants must be 18 or older, able to work and travel around Europe, available at all programme dates, fluent in spoken and written English and able to issue invoices. Previous RiT1 grantees and people affiliated with the Realities in Transition consortium partners cannot apply; each participant can receive a grant for only one programme but may apply to more than one call. The residency includes a mandatory two-month presence at Beta in Dublin in May and June 2027. The €15,000 grant must cover the artist's fee, round-trip travel, and all accommodation and subsistence costs for the in-person period; it is paid in three instalments (€7,000, €4,000, €4,000). Applicants must not be under liquidation or excluded from EU funding. The application form asks for a CV link, a portfolio link and a video of no more than 2 minutes (introduce yourself and your practice, your ideas for an XR experience in this residency, and what you wish to contribute to the collaborative project), your website or social media, and the complementary skills your team would need; the programme page also asks for a budget proposal. Twenty applications go to a jury, six shortlisted candidates join an online matchmaking workshop, and three are selected. The closing time is given as 23:59 CEST. The pages do not mention an application fee.