The Way Things Are Built (La forma en la que se construyen las cosas): A program to think, make, and share contemporary artistic practices
Submission deadline: June 29, 2026
The Centro Cultural España Córdoba (CCEC), in dialogue with the curatorial direction of Gisela Cassettai, invites artists from various disciplines, curators, researchers, collectives, and cultural workers to submit projects to be part of the curatorial program The Way Things Are Built.
The program proposes to investigate how contemporary artistic practices are produced and transmitted today in Latin America, through projects that work from processes, the intersection of languages, and the relationships between body, matter, archive, and transmission.
About the Program
The program takes place within the framework of the Centro Cultural España Córdoba, which acts as an institutional platform for its deployment, enabling conditions for its activation, articulation, and public projection, in dialogue with its director, Martín Figueroa.
The proposal is conceived and directed by Gisela Cassettai (Argentina).
Objectives
- Activate the various spaces of the CCEC as a platform for research, production, and circulation of contemporary practices.
- Generate intersections between exhibition, thought, archive, mediation, and public action.
- Enable spaces for exchange and transmission between artists, curators, researchers, and audiences.
- Strengthen ties between the local scene and Latin American networks.
- Promote projects that work with hybrid formats, situated processes, and intersections between languages.
- Build a living archive of the program based on its processes, activations, and projects.
Application Lines
The open call is organized into three lines:
A. Exhibition Projects — Gallery
(Remunerated proposal)
Aimed at individual or collective exhibition projects for the CCEC’s galleries.
Selected:
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2 exhibition projects
Projects must engage with the general conceptual hypothesis of the program and contemplate possibilities for articulation with public programs, research, or activations.
B. Interventions — Patio
(Remunerated proposal)
Aimed at installation, performative, or spatial activation proposals specifically designed for the CCEC’s patio.
Priority will be given to projects that are:
- site-specific
- experimental
- performative
- interdisciplinary
Selected:
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1 intervention proposal
C. Public Programs / Thought / Activations
(Unremunerated proposals)
Aimed at proposals to form part of the program’s public and thought program.
Includes:
- reading groups
- archive activations
- conversations
- pedagogical proposals
- research
- editorial projects
- existing cycles, festivals, or initiatives in dialogue with the program
This axis seeks to generate spaces for circulation, exchange, and transmission of contemporary practices, strengthening the link between research, thought, and artistic production.
Selected proposals may be developed in articulation with the CCEC’s library / media library, understood as active spaces for reading, archiving, and constructing contemporary genealogies.
Participation in this line does not include financial fees. Selected proposals will receive institutional certification and may become part of the archive and future publications linked to the program.
Participants
The following may participate:
- artists
- curators
- researchers
- collectives
- cultural workers
from Argentina and Latin America, individually or collectively.
Submissions
Interested parties must complete the registration form, attaching:
- brief biography or career summary
- conceptual description of the project
- images, references, or supporting material
- basic technical requirements
- proposal for associated activities (optional)
Support for Selected Projects
Selected projects in lines A and B will receive financial support for production and installation.
Financial support per selected project:
$600,000 ARS
Calendar
Open Call
- Launch of open call: May 29
- Announcement of jury: June 8
- Open call closes: June 29
- Jury deliberation: July 6
- Publication of results: July 13
For more information on the application process, please visit the link below.
Image credits: By CCEC – Own Work CC BY-SA 4.0
Note: This call has been translated form Spanish. Spanish language proficiency is likely required. Please contact the organization if unsure.
