AiR Mattering Worlds | Yerevan, Armenia — Eligibility, Deadline and Real Costs

The short answer

A residency from Ars Techne, Armenia. The organiser accepts applications without a fixed closing date. Official terms last checked 3 September 2026.

Not stated by the organiserhow it is funded, what it pays, the selection odds. Blank is never read as favourable, and nothing here is estimated to fill it.

Closes: No fixed date · rolling
Entry: No reliable fee amount was extracted; costs remain unknown rather than assumed free.
Who can apply: Additional Eligibility Information Mattering Worlds is open to media artists, researchers, and interdisciplinary practitioners from any country and at any career stage. Individuals, duos, and collectives working with ecological, posthumanist, material-focused, or technologically engaged practices are encouraged to apply. No academic degree is required. The residency welcomes process-based, research-driven artistic approaches that explore relationships between humans, technologies, natural systems, and material forces. Applicants should demonstrate openness to experimentation, dialogue, and collaborative exchange within a shared learning environment. Participants are expected to take part in public engagement formats such as talks, workshops, or open studios and to work within the residency’s shared-responsibility model. This includes covering travel, accommodation, and project production costs, as well as contributing a modest curatorial fee that supports mentoring and community programming. Application Requirements Applicants must submit a single PDF including:– Project proposal (1–2 pages)– Artist statement (250–400 words)– Portfolio (6–12 works with descriptions)– CV or short biography– Preferred residency dates– Location preference (Yerevan / Gyumri / both)– Technical or spatial needs– Optional links (website, video, documentation) Residency duration ranges from 2 to 8 weeks and is coordinated on an individual basis. Open to artists based anywhere in the world Any stage of career
Evidence checked: 3 September 2026

In the organiser's words

What the official page says.

Quoted from arstechne.net and checked on 3 September 2026. This is the organiser's description, reproduced as captured. It has not been through the evidence checks that produced the figures above.

Mattering Worlds is an international media art residency exploring artistic practice in relation to more-than-human ecologies, technological infrastructures, and environmental transformation. Hosted by Ars Techne in Armenia, the program brings together artists, researchers, and cultural practitioners working across disciplines such as media art, sound, bioart, speculative design, and critical technology studies. The residency supports research-driven and process-based artistic work that engages with ecological responsibility, situated knowledge, and experimental forms of collaboration.

Participants are encouraged to develop projects that reflect on planetary conditions, local contexts, and the entanglements between human and non-human agencies. Rather than focusing solely on production, the program emphasizes dialogue, field inquiry, collective learning, and public engagement. Residents take part in workshops, site visits, reading sessions, and open studio moments, while also contributing to Ars Techne’s public program through talks, presentations, or small-scale interventions.

The residency aims to foster meaningful exchange between international and local communities, strengthen interdisciplinary networks, and create space for critical reflection on how artistic practices can respond to contemporary ecological and technological challenges.

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Award: Not stated
Entry fee: Not statedNo reliable fee amount was extracted; costs remain unknown rather than assumed free.
Total to enter: Not stated

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The evidence ledger

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Organizer	Ars Techne
Type	Residency
Disciplines	digital, mixed-media
Location / online	Armenia
Eligibility	Additional Eligibility Information Mattering Worlds is open to media artists, researchers, and interdisciplinary practitioners from any country and at any career stage. Individuals, duos, and collectives working with ecological, posthumanist, material-focused, or technologically engaged practices are encouraged to apply. No academic degree is required. The residency welcomes process-based, research-driven artistic approaches that explore relationships between humans, technologies, natural systems, and material forces. Applicants should demonstrate openness to experimentation, dialogue, and collaborative exchange within a shared learning environment. Participants are expected to take part in public engagement formats such as talks, workshops, or open studios and to work within the residency’s shared-responsibility model. This includes covering travel, accommodation, and project production costs, as well as contributing a modest curatorial fee that supports mentoring and community programming. Application Requirements Applicants must submit a single PDF including:– Project proposal (1–2 pages)– Artist statement (250–400 words)– Portfolio (6–12 works with descriptions)– CV or short biography– Preferred residency dates– Location preference (Yerevan / Gyumri / both)– Technical or spatial needs– Optional links (website, video, documentation) Residency duration ranges from 2 to 8 weeks and is coordinated on an individual basis. Open to artists based anywhere in the world Any stage of career
Deadline	Rolling deadline
Opens	Not stated
Award / support	Not stated on the official page
Entry fee	No reliable fee amount was extracted; costs remain unknown rather than assumed free.
Funding type	Not stated
Verified	3 September 2026

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True cost to enter

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Application: No reliable fee amount was extracted; costs remain unknown rather than assumed free.

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Published selection odds

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Application control list

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01Selected work samplesConfirm officially
02Artist statement or proposalConfirm officially
03Short biographyConfirm officially
04CV or résuméConfirm officially
05Captions and file specificationsConfirm officially

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Day 1Eligibility + source
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Day 4Budget + logistics
Day 5External review
Day 6Format + upload
Day 7Submit + archive

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Verification history

3 September 2026UnchangedAI-reviewed/source-verified: structured source evidence, visual-arts scope, actionable deadline, reachable organizer route and title corroboration. Unknown costs remain unknown.

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