Open Call D.A.I.R. Digital Artist in Residence 2026 Deadline: 1 March 2026 Residency period: 1 month in 2026

he Digital Centre – ARCHiVe of Fondazione Giorgio Cini announces a call for applications for two one-month residential scholarships on the Island of San Giorgio Maggiore in Venice. The two scholarships are aimed at artists and creatives of any artistic language or expressive medium interested in exploring the potential of new technologies for the enhancement and enjoyment of digital cultural heritage, with experience or sensitivity towards the use of digital tools and techniques related to visual design, multimedia storytelling, or technological innovation.This project fits within the multidisciplinary context of Fondazione Giorgio Cini and aims to promote the creative reuse of digital data resulting from the Fondazione’s digitisation campaigns of its collections and archives. The purpose is to enhance its digital heritage, stimulate the production of original audiovisual works related to the Fondazione or the Island of San Giorgio Maggiore, and foster new dialogues between artists and the Digital Centre team, promoting encounters between art, new technologies, and science, and encouraging the cross-pollination of different languages.

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