BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//The Grant Desk//Calendar//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH NAME:The Grant Desk - Cross-disciplinary & Social Impact\, Switzerland X-WR-CALNAME:The Grant Desk - Cross-disciplinary & Social Impact\, Switzerl and deadlines X-WR-CALDESC:Paid open calls\, fellowships and residencies in AI\, tech\, r esearch\, and digital and mixed-media arts\, sorted into the right pile. U pdated as new calls land on the desk. Filtered to: Cross-disciplinary & So cial Impact\, Switzerland. REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT12H X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT12H BEGIN:VEVENT UID:prohelvetia-reflection-2026@artificialnouveau.github.io DTSTAMP:20260824T212623Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260901 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260902 SUMMARY:Deadline: Reflection (All Disciplines) DESCRIPTION:Reflection is a Pro Helvetia grant supporting collective mediat ion projects that use innovative formats to foster critical reflection on artistic practice and cultural transformation\, across all supported disci plines (design\, literature\, music\, performing arts\, visual arts\, and innovation and society). Open to collectives comprising at least two cultu ral practitioners (artists\, creatives\, cultural practitioners\, or art e ducators)\; solo projects are excluded. ELIGIBILITY: requires a connection to Switzerland (Swiss citizenship\, or permanent residency with regular a rtistic activity in Switzerland)\; not open to practitioners without a Swi ss connection. For international collaborations\, at least 50 percent of p ractitioners must be from Switzerland. AMOUNT: maximum CHF 25\,000\, and n o more than 50 percent of the total budget. Deadlines twice a year: 1 Marc h (23:59 CET) and 1 September (23:59 CEST). Apply via the Pro Helvetia por tal.\n\nOrganisation: Pro Helvetia (Swiss Arts Council)\nLocation: Collect ives of at least two cultural practitioners\; for international collaborat ions at least 50 percent must be from Switzerland.\nAward: Maximum CHF 25\ ,000 (cannot exceed 50 percent of total budget). No application fee.\nDura tion: Collective mediation project fostering critical reflection\; deadlin es twice yearly (1 March and 1 September).\n\nMore: https://prohelvetia.ch /en/find-support/reflection?utm_source=artificialnouveaugrantdesk&utm_medi um=referral URL:https://prohelvetia.ch/en/find-support/reflection?utm_source=artificial nouveaugrantdesk&utm_medium=referral LOCATION:Collectives of at least two cultural practitioners\; for internati onal collaborations at least 50 percent must be from Switzerland. END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:transmediale-pro-helvetia-digital-art-residency-2027@artificialnouveau. github.io DTSTAMP:20260824T212623Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260828 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260829 SUMMARY:Deadline: transmediale x Pro Helvetia Digital Art Residency 2027 DESCRIPTION:The fifth iteration of transmediale's Digital Art Residency\, r un with the Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia\, awarded to one individual or collective working in digital art practices at the intersection of media arts\, performance\, sound and moving image. THEME: the 2027 programme sit s under transmediale's 40th-anniversary framework RFC 40\, named after the early internet Request for Comments series\, and treats the festival as a counter-infrastructure: the call asks how a network stays legible to itse lf while surrounding structures break down\, and how technical paradigms c an be reconfigured into new cultural protocols outside extractive logics\, moving from critique to construction. Proposals should offer alternatives to how we understand\, respond to and shape the technological conditions we inhabit. WHAT IS OFFERED: an artist fee of CHF 2\,000 per month for two months\; a CHF 15\,000 production grant supporting a new work or the cont inuation of an existing project\, open to all formats and building on the research begun during the residency (the project must be completed by Dece mber 2027 at the latest)\; travel and accommodation for the festival and t he residency\; a shared modular working space at transmediale studio\; con nections to Berlin institutions and stakeholders\; a public presentation i n transmediale's year-round studio programme\; and the option of an online publication in transmediale's journal. STRUCTURE: kick-off with a present ation of the residency projects during transmediale 2027 (26 to 31 January 2027\, attendance optional but strongly recommended)\; onboarding and the first hybrid stretch in May 2027\; the mandatory on-site month in Berlin in June 2027\; and a second hybrid stretch including reporting in July 202 7. Availability for the festival week and for the whole of June in Berlin are treated as key prerequisites. TIMELINE: open call 16 July to 28 August 2026 (23:59 CEST)\; selected residents announced October 2026. Applicatio ns are only accepted via transmediale's submission forms. Contact: info[at ]transmediale.de.\n\nOrganisation: transmediale (in cooperation with the S wiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia)\nLocation: Hybrid: remote plus on-site at transmediale studio\, silent green Kulturquartier\, Berlin-Wedding\, Germa ny. RESTRICTED: applicants must hold Swiss nationality or permanent reside nce in Switzerland and be firmly established in the Swiss cultural scene ( Pro Helvetia's general requirements apply).\nAward: Artist fee of CHF 2\,0 00 per month across the two-month residency (CHF 4\,000)\, plus a producti on grant of CHF 15\,000 for the selected project\, plus travel and accommo dation for both the festival and the residency month. Duos and collectives may apply but the fee and the production grant stay the same and must be shared. No application fee.\nDuration: Two-month hybrid residency between mid-May and mid-July 2027\, with the whole of June 2027 on-site in Berlin (mandatory)\n\nMore: https://transmediale.de/en/news/digital-art-residency -2027?utm_source=artificialnouveaugrantdesk&utm_medium=referral URL:https://transmediale.de/en/news/digital-art-residency-2027?utm_source=a rtificialnouveaugrantdesk&utm_medium=referral LOCATION:Hybrid: remote plus on-site at transmediale studio\, silent green Kulturquartier\, Berlin-Wedding\, Germany. RESTRICTED: applicants must hol d Swiss nationality or permanent residence in Switzerland and be firmly es tablished in the Swiss cultural scene (Pro Helvetia's general requirements apply). END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:foodculture-days-kitchen-central-location-2027@artificialnouveau.github .io DTSTAMP:20260824T212623Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260831 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260901 SUMMARY:Deadline: The Kitchen / Central Location Open Call (foodculture day s Biennale\, Vevey 2027) DESCRIPTION:foodculture days is opening up The Kitchen / Central Location\, the living heart of its biennale in Vevey\, to an outside collective for the festival's 6th edition. The Kitchen is at once an open-air kitchen\, a gathering space and an artistic installation\, sited by the lake on the E splanade de la Paix along a busy promenade\, hosting multidisciplinary pro jects\, concerts\, themed meals\, public discussions\, citizens' assemblie s and moments of collective cooking. The call asks for new ways of inhabit ing it. WHO THEY WANT: a transdisciplinary collective of scientists\, arti sts\, designers\, craftspeople\, cooks\, activists and architects\, either newly formed or already active\; collaboration across generations\, cultu res and levels of expertise is encouraged. WHAT IS OFFERED: an open-air ci tizen experimentation laboratory in Vevey's public space\, framed around r ethinking ways of living and the relationship to time and to creation\, an d thinking together about the conditions under which multidisciplinary pra ctices can flourish. THE BRIEF: kitchen and hospitality\, lunch and dinner service\, vegetarian meals with a vegan option. Meals should be affordabl e\, seasonal where fresh produce is involved\, and conceived in the spirit of a communal canteen: simple\, generous\, nourishing and full of flavour . Expected covers are roughly 100 guests Wednesday to Thursday and roughly 150 Friday to Sunday. WHAT THE FESTIVAL PROVIDES: curatorial support to d evelop the proposal\, with particular attention to the themed meals\; intr oductions to local producers\, growers and artisans including farm visits and foraging sites\; production support and volunteers throughout\; and st andard professional kitchen equipment and cooking facilities. BUDGET: CHF 15\,000 all-inclusive (VAT included) covering travel\, visas\, equipment r ental\, any additional kitchen equipment\, per diems\, materials and artis t fees\; food costs and accommodation in Vevey are covered separately. THE SPACE: the pavilion\, called Cuisine\, is a modular metal structure assem bled from repurposed agricultural greenhouse components on a 3.1 metre bid irectional grid\, with pillars and arches forming ridge vaults\, a textile covering naturally dyed yellow with reseda\, and a terracotta brick heart h for wood-fired cooking laid directly on the floor. It comes with dining tables\, low tables\, a reception table\, a shelf\, a bar\, pendant lights \, 30 cushions\, removable curtains\, flags\, blackboards and signage pane ls\, and can expand\, contract or be reconfigured. TIMELINE: Phase 1 deadl ine 31 August 2026 at midnight CET\; three shortlisted proposals selected in late September\, each invited to an online meeting and paid a CHF 250 r esearch fee for Phase 2\; final project selected and announced in early Oc tober 2026\; collaborative development with the foodculture days architect ural team October to November\; production December to February\; build an d installation in Vevey 1 to 16 June 2027\, with the collective present th roughout those two weeks\; 6th edition of the biennale 16 to 20 June 2027. PHASE 1 QUESTIONS: tell us about your collective (origins\, intention\, w hat makes you special)\; member biographies with collective or individual portfolios\, website\, Instagram\, city of residence and practices\; what the concept consists of in terms of food and cuisine\, relationships\, and scenography and spatial research\; what you want to put into practice in the central pavilion\, your vision and the kind of experience you want to create\; any special requirements\; and references\, including a quote rep resenting the collective\, two reference texts\, three images and optional ly video. An Open Call Information Kit\, a recording of the online informa tion session and a Q&A are published on the open call site and are worth r eading before applying.\n\nOrganisation: foodculture days\nLocation: Vevey \, Switzerland. The Kitchen is built on the Esplanade de la Paix by the la keside. The selected collective must be present in Vevey for the two-week build and installation\, 1 to 16 June 2027\, and through the biennale 16 t o 20 June 2027.\nAward: CHF 15\,000 all-inclusive project budget (VAT incl uded)\, covering travel\, visas\, equipment and additional kitchen equipme nt rental\, per diems\, materials and artist fees. Food costs and accommod ation in Vevey are covered separately by foodculture days. Three shortlist ed collectives each receive a CHF 250 research fee to develop their propos al in Phase 2. One collective is selected. No application fee.\nDuration: October 2026 to June 2027: collaborative development October-November\, pr oduction December-February\, on-site build 1-16 June 2027\, biennale 16-20 June 2027\n\nMore: https://opencall.foodculturedays.com/en?utm_source=art ificialnouveaugrantdesk&utm_medium=referral URL:https://opencall.foodculturedays.com/en?utm_source=artificialnouveaugra ntdesk&utm_medium=referral LOCATION:Vevey\, Switzerland. The Kitchen is built on the Esplanade de la P aix by the lakeside. The selected collective must be present in Vevey for the two-week build and installation\, 1 to 16 June 2027\, and through the biennale 16 to 20 June 2027. END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR