[Commlist] Call for submissions: “The Almanac of Artificial Seasons”

Call for Contributions
“The Almanac of Artificial Seasons”
Deadline: July 1, 2025

Edited By Delta Ark/World Engines Lab & Ilan Manouach
w/ the support of Src Material (Seattle) and Echo Chamber (Brussels)

What are the (synthetic, mental, etc) landscapes that emerge from the 
deregulation of climate, the acceleration of machine learning 
technologies and trend towards neo-feudalism?

The Almanac of Artificial Seasons is a collection exploring the unstable 
territories emerging at the intersection of these forces.

We invite theoretical articles, comics and documentations for artistic 
projects such as Unreal Engine environments, motion capture performances 
and interactive narratives, that delve into the shifting landscapes 
where climate transformation, ai technologies, network (and anti- 
network) politics and artistic practice converge.

To grasp the current changes in climate, acceleration of ML technologies 
and global trend towards neo-feudalism is to engage with a massive, 
nonlocal entity—one that is composed of thousands of disparate models, 
operates on incompatible scales, and is derived from diverse data 
collection practices and heterogeneous objects. These systems transcend 
the limitations of human spatiotemporal specificities, rendering any 
attempt at understanding them from a conventional epistemological 
distance insufficient.

Instead, these phenomena require us to embrace multiple disciplinary 
perspectives that can collectively capture their intricate dynamics. As 
climate instability disrupts traditional state functions, 
decision-making shifts toward automated systems, where predictive 
analytics dictate migration policies and algorithmic models optimize 
disaster response—sometimes reinforcing inequalities rather than 
resolving them. No single field can fully elucidate the layers of 
interactions and feedback loops present in these dynamics.

This anthology (book and site) creates a space for exploring these 
emerging territories. The works collected here suggest that our future 
might not just be a story of adaptation or collapse, but of 
transformation into forms we can barely begin to imagine - some 
promising, some terrifying, many both at once.

Submission Requirements:

  * Short bio (150 words)
  * Abstract (250 words)
  * Visual documentation (up to 10 images and/or 1 min. of video)

Send to: almanac /at/ echochamber.be <http://echochamber.be>
Info: https://www.echochamber.be/ <https://www.echochamber.be/>
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Timeline:

  * Deadline for abstracts: July 1st, 2025
  * Notifications of acceptance: August 1st, 2025

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Editors:

World Engines Lab: 
https://grayarea.org/create/research-labs/world-engines-lab/ 
<https://grayarea.org/create/research-labs/world-engines-lab/>
Delta Ark: https://delta.center/ <https://delta.center/>
Ilan Manouach: https://ilanmanouach.com/ <https://ilanmanouach.com/>

Support from:

Src Material: https://www.srcmaterial.org/ <https://www.srcmaterial.org/>
Echo Chamber: https://www.echochamber.be/ <https://www.echochamber.be/>

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Contact: almanac /at/ echochamber.be <http://echochamber.be>

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