[Commlist] Call for Nominations: Surveillance Studies Network Arts Prize 2026

*_*DEADLINE EXTENDED TO 15 SEPTEMBER!*_ *

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*Call for Nominations:*

*Surveillance Studies Network Arts Prize 2026*

The Surveillance Studies Network (SSN) is dedicated to the study of 
surveillance in all its forms. It promotes innovative and 
multidisciplinary work on surveillance, including research that bridges 
different academic fields, furthers the understanding of surveillance in 
wider society, and informs information policy and political debate. As a 
registered charitable company, the SSN is committed to the free 
distribution of scholarly products, including the publication of 
/Surveillance & Society/, the leading peer-reviewed journal dedicated to 
surveillance studies.

As part of its mandate, the SSN seeks to encourage creative and artistic 
practices engaging with the topic of surveillance. As such, the 
_Surveillance Studies Network Arts Prize 
<https://surveillance-studies.net/honours/ssn-arts-prize/>_ is a 
bi-annual award that recognizes and publicly supports artwork centred on 
critical readings of surveillance. Following the success of its previous 
Arts Prizes since 2018, the SSN is delighted to announce the call for 
nominations to the 2026 competition.

*Award*

All submissions are adjudicated by a committee composed of members of 
the SSN board. The award for first prize is £250 and up to three 
honourable mentions will receive £100. Additionally, the winner and each 
honourable mention will receive a fee waiver for conference registration 
at the forthcoming SSN Conference (Université Catholique de Lille, 
France, 9-12 June) in summer 2026, as well as coverage in a 
/Surveillance & Society/ forum and the /blink/ blog discussing the work. 
Travel support may also be available, funds permitting. Winning artists 
will also receive an invitation to showcase their work, or a 
representation of it, in a virtual exhibition during SSN’s 2026 conference.

The nominated work must be an original art project that was produced or 
exhibited in the 2022, 2023, 2024 or 2025 calendar years. The following 
criteria will be used to adjudicate the nominations:

·  demonstrates a thematic fit with the critical orientation of the 
Surveillance Studies Network and /Surveillance & Society/;

·  exhibits theoretical sophistication;

·  produces new and unique ways of thinking about modes of surveillance;

·  and promotes audience engagements.

*Deadlines and Forms*

The call for nominations closes on 15 August, 2025 at 11:59pm EST, with 
the selected artworks announced in December 2025. To nominate an artwork 
for the upcoming competition, please download and complete _this form 
<https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Mq6AQYMBhvGYNKB6HGONKvwoquWc-Mk6rutNFb0vx1U/edit?usp=sharing>_*. 
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****DEADLINE EXTENDED TO 15 SEPTEMBER****

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*Self-nominations are welcome.*

For further information, please contact Karen Louise Grova Søilen, Arts 
Committee Chair at (_karen.soilen /at/ kultur.lu.se) 
<mailto:(karen.soilen /at/ kultur.lu.se)>_and include the heading “SSN Arts Prize.”

*Submission forms are hosted by Google. For a PDF version, please send a 
request to (_karen.soilen /at/ kultur.lu.se) 
<mailto:(karen.soilen /at/ kultur.lu.se)>_ with the heading “SSN Arts Prize 
form—PDF request.”


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