TABOO - TRANSGRESSION - TRANSCENDENCEin Art & Science I Open call for Papers, Artist-Talks and Artwork Presentations

Deeply engaged in the discourse on taboo, art takes center stage as a domain of transgression—provoking, sparking dialogue, and catalyzing transcendence. Who defines the borders of identity and ideology? Join TTT at Kino Šiška, September 9-13, to immerse yourself in creative transformations where art meets science. Push boundaries and challenge the forbidden at TTT 2025 in Ljubljana!

Submission Topics

They invite contributions from diverse fields, particularly those that combine art and science through technological innovation and conceptual experimentation. Suggested (but not exclusive) topics include:

• Biopunk Aesthetics, Hybridization, and the Politics of Mutation

• Cyborg Futures, Sensory Augmentation, and Body Modification

• Mind Chemistry, Natural Healers, and Cognitive Frontiers

• Biohacking, DIY/DIWO Practices, and Radical Biotechnologies

• Artificial Intelligence, Creative Autonomy, and Synthetic Agency

• Human and Nonhuman Ethology: Inter-Species Communication and Interaction

• Post-Gender Identities, Transgressive Bodies, and Social Imaginaries

• Erotics, Attraction, and Queer Desire in Art and Science

• Witchcraft, Gender, and Histories of Scientific Inquiry

• Evolution, Genetic Plasticity, and Resilience

• Symbiosis, Parasitism, and the Microbiome

• Biopolitics, Migration, and Systems of Resistance

• Pandemics, Bioterror, and the Crisis of Scientific Trust

• Ecological Restoration, Rewilding, and Climate Resilience

• Biodiversity, Subterranean Ecosystems, and Extremophiles

Submission Guidelines

All submited abstracts/descriptions are reviewed by the scientific-artistic committee who is responsible for the selection of proposals. Accepted proposals for papers and artist-talks presentations are grouped within a session including 3-4 participants, scheduled for 15 minutes per presentation plus an additional 15 minutes for group Q&A at the end of the session. Acceptance of artwork presentations proposals is limited by space, time and technology available as well as curatorial principles. Each abstract/description should be submitted through TTT digital platform until December 31, 2024. 

Read more and apply here.