23 Oct 2018

WRO Media Art Biennale - Open Call reminder

WRO 2019: Human Aspect
Structures of continually increasing capacities, artificial intelligence environments, power and knowledge which trigger self-propelling relationships within vast networks, lives - natural and artificial, and non-human cognitive perspectives locate the human aspect in novel contexts. In how far is the human aspect subject to technology? To what degree and from what viewpoint is the human aspect autonomous, unpredictable, faulty, creative?

WRO Biennale
The WRO Media Art Biennale is the major forum for media art in Poland and one of the leading international contemporary art events in Europe. Since its inception in 1989, WRO has been presenting art forms created using new media for artistic expression and communication, exploring current creative territories, and forming a critical perspective of emerging issues in culture, art, society, technology, and humanities.

Every two years, Wrocław becomes a place of presentation for the most recent artistic practicies, combined with talks and meetings of artists and scientists with the participating audience, oscillating in variable dynamics between both contemplation and consideration, experience and confrontation.

Over the years, the WRO Biennales have raised a variety of questions about creative approaches to new technologies and the creative crossover realms that arise where art and science, economics and social activism intersect.

Featuring works of over 120 artists, the previous edition of the Biennale – WRO 2017: DRAFT SYSTEMS – was held at 17 different venues across the city of Wroclaw: museums, galleries, department stores, historical spaces – both abandoned and restored – and various public spaces. The main program of the 2017 WRO Biennale was followed by two large exhibitions in Warsaw, and an intensive WRO on Tour program of traveling screenings. The exhibitions, concerts, performances, video screenings, and conferences were attended by over 100,000 visitors.

Program director: Viola Krajewska
Artistic director: Piotr Krajewski

The WRO 2017 catalogue is available online HERE:
wro2017.wrocenter.pl/en/catalogue/


How to apply
There's an online submission system embedded on our website. Please follow this link (opencall.wrocenter.pl/en/wro-2019-entry-form/) to learn about the terms and conditions, and submit your application till November 15th, 2018 at the latest.


WRO Art Center is since 1989 an independent public benefit organization specializing in the areas where contemporary art and culture intersect with developing media