[artinfo] open call 2023

[Zsolt Mesterhazy]

Welcome to the 3rd call for this time capsule.

An open call is made each year for this exhibition which is to be unveiled in the year 2121.

In 2121 none of us are here presumably. Given this time frame people are encouraged to think long-term since there is little gain nor much retroactive effect with a time span longer than life. The frame can help us reflect on what we are now. In relation to this open call, there are no self-reinforcing incentives, no money, nothing to look forward to, nothing to show off.

A group of curators review the contributions each year. These reviews are documented for posterity and made available. With these yearly discussions the time capsule is not hermetically sealed.

This is an open invitation to the year 2121. You are invited to contribute with ideas, works, or projects that could be of interest to a future audience. The contributions will not be public until the expo in 2121. Until then the contributions, titles, and artists' names are anonymized and referred to by an entry number in the annual review documents. A contribution might be reviewed several times through the century by a changing curator group. The reasons for an anonymous and indirect exposure via curatorial comments only is two-fold: It gives the public something to grab onto during a century of suspense; and limiting the viewing to a few curators transforms the artist's perspective and deemphasizes vanity.

This invitation is also addressed to robots and machines.

Submit your contribution here
https://expo2121.org <https://expo2121.org/>