Open Call: Endless Forest: Roots and Renewal

Open Call: Endless Forest: Roots and Renewal

Introduction

Endless Forest: Roots and Renewal is a unique global virtual interactive exhibition, exploring the connections between digital art, ecology, and human relationships across distance. This exhibition creates a shared, immersive world where art grows like a living forest, shaped by resilience, memory, community, and transformation.

Theme

We welcome works that engage with the following ideas:

• Sustainability — ecological awareness, responsible futures, and evolving relationships between humans and the natural world
• Environment — emotional atmospheres, physical forces, virtual ecosystems, and the spaces we inhabit
• Resilience — how nature and people adapt, regenerate, or persist under ecological pressure
• Rural Culture — cultural roots and memories shaped by landscape, heritage, and place-based environments
• Memory — personal or collective echoes connected to nature and shifting ecological contexts
• Community — shared creative ecosystems formed across distance, culture, and digital space
• Transformation — emerging identities, speculative ecologies, and reimagined futures in hybrid environments

Endless Forest unfolds a living digital terrain where art cultivates a Digital Forest—a poetic landscape for audiences to wander, reflect, and reconnect with ecological space and cultural memory in evolving, hybrid forms.

Submission

We welcome submissions from digital artists, new media creators, and interdisciplinary practitioners of all backgrounds

Accepted works include:

• Painting & Drawing
• Photography
• 3D Virtual Installation
• Video Art / Moving Image
• Mixed Media Artwork
• Experimental and Hybrid Practices

Exhibition Format

• Virtual Interactive Gallery
• Curated Digital Space: A thoughtfully designed environment that balances imaginative nature-inspired aesthetics with a strong curatorial focus on individual artworks
• Public Programs: Global online meetups and an international virtual opening event creating cross-cultural dialogue among artists and audiences
• Curatorial Support: Curatorial writing, artwork interpretation, and artist feature storytelling

Documentation & Media

1. Photo & Visual Coverage

• High-resolution virtual gallery walkthrough captures
• Optimized press visuals including artist and curator portraits
• Imaginative yet clean artwork displays prepared for catalogues and media

2. Video Content

• Short artwork motion clips
• A 1–2 minute exhibition highlight reel
• Optional 5–10 minute documentary archive (additional fee applies)

3. Global Press Feature

• 100+ global media recap features

4. Artist Interviews

• Artist interview feature with editing support (additional fee applies)

5. Exhibition Certificate

• Official exhibition participation certificates

Timeline

Submission Deadline: January 1, 2026

Exhibition Period: February 1 – March 31, 2026

Virtual Opening Day: February 1, 2026

Fee

Application is free of charge. Entry fees apply upon artwork acceptance.

Contact & Submission

Submissions & Inquiries: curator@artlawtech.org

Please include the following materials:

• High-resolution JPG images or 3D artwork previews
• Artwork Details — Title, Medium, Dimensions, and Year of Creation
• Short Description — 100-250 words of artist statement and artwork description

Curatorial Statement

Endless Forest: Roots and Renewal seeks to reimagine how we encounter and embody the natural world in the digital age. As climate change reshapes landscapes and communities worldwide, digital art offers not only a mirror of loss but also a living space for resilience, remembrance, and renewal.

This exhibition asks: What does it mean to care for nature—and for ourselves—when our realities increasingly unfold in hybrid, virtual, and mediated spaces?

The selected works traverse immersive forests, speculative ecosystems, and poetic terrains, weaving together personal memory with collective imagination. Through 3D environments, generative AI, video, and interactive practices, these artists cultivate a new kind of forest—one that exists both everywhere and nowhere, growing across screens, networks, and shared virtual space.

In this forest, art becomes an act of care: remembering what is fragile, transforming what is possible, and sustaining communities across distance. The exhibition invites audiences to wander, reflect, and ask—how can our digital practices nurture our ultimate relationships with nature?

Organized by: WA Museum × ALT Alliance

About WA+

Nestled in Beigou Village at the foot of the Mutianyu Great Wall, WA Museum is an experimental cultural extension rooted in local heritage and community narratives. WA+ is a virtual platform that expands the cultural value of the physical WA Museum into the digital realm.

The platform enables global access to cultural origins and fosters curatorial research, virtual dialogue, and interdisciplinary artistic collaboration. By connecting rural culture, historical memory, and contemporary digital expression, WA+ builds meaningful bridges between artists, communities, and evolving cultural landscapes worldwide.

About ALT

ALT Alliance is a New York-registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit working at the intersection of art, law and technology, supporting community well-being through workshops, exhibitions, cultural campaigns, and institutional creative collaborations.