Call for Submissions: "International Symposium for Visual Culture & Exhibition 2026" ISVC

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Call for Submissions: "International Symposium for Visual Culture & Exhibition 2026" ISVC

Exhibition “Visual Culture 2026”
September 9 – 27, 2026
CICA Museum, Korea

International Symposium for Visual Culture (ISVC) 2026
September 19, 2026

We invite artists, scholars, and researchers from around the world to participate in the International Symposium for Visual Culture & Exhibition 2026. The online symposium brings together a global community of artists, researchers, and academics, while the international exhibition will be held at the CICA Museum in Korea.

ISVC serves as an international platform for diverse and critical perspectives on visual culture. Through this program, we aim to build a global network of researchers, artists, and makers/consumers of visual culture, fostering critical discourse and deeper understanding of visual culture on a global scale.

Participating artists and researchers will be featured in the publication “New Media Art 2027”, to be released in full-color paperback and eBook formats in December 2026. Contributions may include English texts (e.g., interview, essay, poetry), drawings, and images introducing the artist’s work.

* Categories & Keywords:
– Art and Capitalism
– Art, Technology, and Culture
– New Media Art
– Mass Culture
– Postmodernism
– Globalism
– Critical Studies
– Nationalism and Visual Culture
– Race and Identity in Art & Culture
– Feminist Studies on Visual Culture
– Art & Culture in a Global Pandemic
– Digital Culture and Social Media
– Digital Humanism
– Artificial Intelligence and Humanism
– Algorithmic Bias & Visual Culture
– Data Aesthetics
– Post-Human & Ecological Perspectives
– Post-humanism
– Environmental Issues and Culture
– Bio Art & Post-Nature Culture
– Global Mobility & Diaspora Visualities
– Archival Art
– Digital Nomad
– Immersive Media & Presence

[Symposium] International Symposium for Visual Culture (ISVC) 2026

The symposium will be held online on September 19, 2026. (Dates are subject to change.)

Each accepted presenter will have the opportunity to discuss the merits of their contribution with peers. All presenters must register for the symposium upon acceptance and must deliver a presentation or performance during the assigned session.

We welcome proposals for paper presentations, workshops, experimental sessions, and artistic performances.

Each presenter will receive three complimentary general admission tickets to ISVC 2025 to invite guests. Additional tickets will be available for purchase on the ISVC website.

[Exhibition] “Visual Culture 2026” at the CICA Museum

The international exhibition will be held at the CICA Museum from September 9 to 27, 2026. Each artist may exhibit up to two works.

* Installation Guidelines:
– Photographs & 2D Digital Art
Selected works will be printed in 10×15 or 10×10 inches, framed, and installed by museum curators and assistants. Upon request, larger sizes may be available; additional fees may apply.

– Video & Interactive Art
The museum will provide projectors and DVD/DIVX players. Multiple single-channel works may be screened on a shared projector. If your work must be screened exclusively or requires more than two projectors/monitors, please indicate this in your submission email. Additional fees may apply.

– Physical Works & Installation Art
Artists are responsible for shipping and delivery costs to and from the CICA Museum. Two-dimensional works should not exceed 39 inches (1 m) on the longest side. Installation works should not exceed 39×39×79 inches (1×1×2 m, W×L×H). Wall-mounted works must not exceed 10 kg. If you wish to submit works exceeding these limits, please indicate this in your email.

* Timeline:
January 5, 2026 – Submission Deadline
January 25 – February 1, 2026 – Presenter Registration
September 9 – 27, 2026 – Exhibition “Visual Culture 2026,” CICA Museum, Korea
September 12, 2026, 2~5 PM – ISVC Party @ CICA Museum
September 19, 2026 – International Symposium for Visual Culture 2026 (Online)
December 1, 2026 – Expected publication date of New Media Art 2027
***All dates are subject to change.

*How to submit your work: Please visit our website for more information.
(https://cicamuseum.com/isvc)

For questions, please visit our Contact page: https://cicamuseum.com/contact/

We look forward to the participation of creative and critical artists and researchers from around the world.