Call for Contributions - Convocation III

A Gathering of Language-based Artistic Research

30 June – 3 July 2026
Expositur Rustenschacherallee 2-4
University of Applied Arts Vienna
Austria

Convocation — from com ‘with, together’ and vocare ‘to call’. We call for a live “coming together” of artistic researchers whose practices engage with the materiality and mediality of language: from the wordless corporeality of body language to the virtuality of digital text, from the voicing of spoken utterance to the textility of words on a page. The focus on language within artistic research is considered from a broad and transforming perspective to include diverse fields such as visual arts, performance, film, theatre, music, choreography as well as literature. The intent is not to define or fix what language-based artistic research is but rather to reflect how it is practised in its diversity.

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CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS

The focus of Convocation III is on the sharing of language-based artistic research practices — accordingly contributions need to be “language-based”; “artistic research” and focused on the sharing of “practices”.

Contributions can take the form of:

Participatory Practice Sharing (duration: 30 – 90 minutes)
* an experiential encounter with the live unfolding of a practice — we invite diverse forms of sharing that could be participatory, exploratory, experimental, speculative.

Performative Practice Sharing (duration: 20 minutes max)
* a performative encounter or sharing of a practice — we invite you to test and to try something out with a peer-audience, rather than presenting ‘ready-made’ performances as such.

Glimpses (duration: 10 mins max)
* short sharings or presentations that give a flavour or offer a glimpse into a practice — we invite you to share/show/activate/expose a practice rather than presenting a power-point ‘about’.

We welcome proposals from individuals as well as from collaborations and groups.

Please note this is an in-person event and will not be streamed or recorded.

The full call with further details on the formats and how to apply can be found here: https://www.researchcatalogue.net/view/835089/4121506

Please make sure you carefully read the guide on ‘how to apply’, as applications which deviate from the specific format for submission will not be accepted.


Deadline for proposals: 23 February 2026 noon CET.

Notification of acceptance no later than 15 March 2026.

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CONTEXT

Convocation III is hosted by the Society for Artistic Research Special Interest Group for Language-based Artistic Research (co-founded by Emma Cocker, Alexander Damianisch, Cordula Daus and Lena Séraphin).

See https://www.researchcatalogue.net/view/835089/835129

For more on previous Convocations see:

Convocation I - https://www.researchcatalogue.net/view/835089/835195

Convocation II - https://www.researchcatalogue.net/view/835089/2272207