University of Galway | 17th SAR Conference on Artistic Research
The International Forum on Artistic Research, titled "Endangered conceptual worlds" will take place 23–26 June 2026 in Galway. The call for contributions is open until 1 March.
This year’s International Forum on Artistic Research explores how artistic research engages with endangered conceptual worlds and minoritised languages. It considers precarious forms of knowledge as epistemic resources and practical potentials; cultural sedimentations shared between generations and across contexts that provide unique ways of making and being in the world.
Themes
- Making seeable and sayable: artistic research in the interplay of power and language
- Exploring the ineffible: artistic research and endangered arts practice beyond the verbal
- Resilience, resistance, revival: artistic research strategies in relation to minoritised languages
- Artistic Intelligence: experimenting with collective agency and the production of newness and novelty
Formats
- Peer-reviewed project presentation (20 minutes + 10 minutes Q&A)
- Workshop or training session (between 90 minutes and 180 minutes)
- Laboratory or experimental format (flexible time slot)
- Roundtable discussion (60 minutes including Q&A)
- Performance (to be discussed)
- Poster presentation (no time limit)
- Other formats
Submission
The deadline for submissions is 1 March 2026.
Information about the submission requirements and selection criteria is available on the call website.