OPEN CALL
time ship earth - art prize 2026
Deadline: 21.06. 2026

Supplement to “Operating Manual For Spaceship Earth”:
Category: Maintenance and security
Keyword: Exchange of lubrication
Tool: Art

The lubricant is called “money”

Money is a product of art. Money is made by humans. We make the money. So it is also only us who can change it, to allow it to function without friction.

Open Call:
In this call we are looking for ideas of what could ultimately inspire new forms of money or that can be practically applied as such. There can also be practical instruction as to the revelation of release and refill valves and awards for their correct application. Whether: artwork, magic, text, poem, song, recipe, medicine, program, construct, concept, manual,
…everything is possible … everything is welcome.

Search criteria: practical application, ability to decluster, inspirational capacity.

Prize money: 1000,- EUR

Form: description of idea/presentation: maximum one A4 page. 
Sketches, explanations and depictions (including videos in the form of links to Vimeo, YouTube or as a downloadable link): maximum 8 A4 pages.
Short biography: maximum 1 A4 page
Please attach your application as a single-PDF (A4, maximum 10 pages, maximum 15 MB) in total. Please send the PDF document via e-mail (subject: your name_freeflow 2026) to: Diese E-Mail-Adresse ist vor Spambots geschützt! Zur Anzeige muss JavaScript eingeschaltet sein!

Link: http://www.timeship.earth