APPEL À CANDIDATURES – OPEN CALL ETE – SUMMER – 2025

OPEN CALL

Deadline June 1th 2025

REVISITING THEN IN NOW

INSPIRATIONS !

From 4 July to 1 August 2025

with an optional extension until 1 September 2025

Mémoire de l’Avenir (MDA) / Humanities, Arts and Society (HAS)

will bring together artists from near and far

for a transdisciplinary group exhibition.

The exhibition will highlight the formal and conceptual qualities of works that engage with today’s social and political challenges.
Across diverse media, the participating artists draw inspiration
from past works or ideas
to reflect on contemporary themes.

Their creations evoke moments of joy and pain, lives shaped by memories and repetition,
and the pressing need to reconsider the present.
Their work invites us to imagine possible futures.

Inspired by nature or by the masters of the past,
these contemporary artists reinterpret historical messages
using new tools and languages,
creating a living dialogue with the present.

ABOUT

“Nothing new under the sun”.

And yet, though stories and images may appear familiar,

each telling becomes new when filtered through the lens of the present.

To revisit the past

is to experience narratives and images anew,

to restore meaning in the now.

Throughout history, philosophers, thinkers, and artists

across disciplines

have questioned the role of creativity in society,

seeking to act as engaged and influential members of their communities.

This exhibition will present works by 8 to 10 artists

working in diverse media,

whose practices explore these themes both literally and conceptually.

The proverb “Nothing new under the sun,”

attributed to King Solomon,

conveys a sense of weariness

with the recurring cycles of human life
and the apparent futility of endless pursuits.

Yet, this exhibition affirms the enduring power of form and idea,

celebrating artistic expressions

that sharply engage with the social and political issues of our time.

TO PARTICIPATE

Please send your application in both English and French

by 1 June 2025 (midnight)

à : contact@memoire-a-venir.org

via WeTransfer

Your application should include:

– Visuals of the artwork (image, video, audio, etc.) or performance proposal (HD if possible)

– Short description of the work or performance (max. 500 characters)

– Brief artist statement (max. 600 characters)

– Short biography (max. 300 characters)

– Links to your website or social media (Instagram, etc.)

CONDITIONS

Mémoire de l’Avenir is a non-profit organisation

operating as a cooperative.

Each participating artist contributes €300,

sharing production costs 50/50 with MDA.

100% of artwork sales go to the artist – MDA takes no commission.

MDA COMMITS TO:

– Curating and installing the exhibition

– Providing an 80 m² exhibition space

– Creating a dedicated page on the MDA website

– Designing and sending out newsletters

– Creating a digital invitation (10×10 format) and printing 200 copies

– Producing a digital catalogue, copyright-free for the artists, with one printed copy provided per artist

– Managing press relations and communications

– Hosting a public opening event

– Including the exhibition in MDA’s open cultural mediation programme

Welcoming visitors Thursday to Saturday, 11 am to 7 pm (or by appointment)

Since 2003, Mémoire de l’Avenir has worked to broaden access to the arts through awareness-raising events held throughout the year.

Priority will be given to proposals by artists who share our values and ethical commitments.

If you wish to submit a project or activity or Live Performance
please contact us via email

à  contact@memoire-a-venir.org
hmg@memoire-a-venir.org