Οpen Call | ONX Seeds

ONX Seeds invites new media creators, creative technologists, and designers, with an emphasis on worldbuilding, innovation, and speculative design, to develop functional prototypes that redefine the boundaries between the digital, the algorithmic, and the analog.

Digital works seek the idleness of the analog through a four-month artistic development program dedicated to creating early-stage works (Proofs-of-Concept) and supporting creators working at the intersection of art and technology.

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We dream and design a digital realm that coexists, gives and receives, touches and is touched, creaks and breathes. It is imperfect, and that is what makes it perfect. Through ONX Seeds, we seek works that treat technology as part of a tangible everyday life, composed of subcultures and micro-communities, families of contradictions and love, hybrid materialities, and small technological gestures that shape new modes of coexistence.

Analog-digital installations, original design projects, digital applications, and objects that operate between space, service, and software, objects that exist on the threshold between artwork and technological product. By building universes and worlds, creators transcend the materiality of objects to craft comprehensive experiences around and beyond them.

The ONX Seeds program will support the development of up to four prototypes, providing seed funding, as well as production, artistic, curatorial, and technical guidance, and access to the new ONX Studio at Onassis Ready in Athens. The goal of ONX Seeds is to guide selected projects from their initial vision to an artistically complete and technologically functional Proof-of-Concept. Priority is given to projects that engage small-scale, low-energy-footprint technologies; everyday devices; environments beyond the screen; unconventional and shared spaces (from a toilet to a kitchen or a corridor); and hybrid forms situated between object and software. The resulting prototypes will be presented at the ONX Showcase in Athens in May 2026.

Who can apply:

• Young emerging artists, graduates, groups, and collectives
• New media creators, creative technologists, and designers with an emphasis on worldbuilding, innovation, and speculative design
• Greek and international artists and collectives

The selected projects will receive:

• Seed funding of up to €5,000 for prototype development
• Access to the new ONX Studio in Athens
• Tailored mentoring from field experts
• Technical, artistic, and production support
• Presentation of the project at the ONX Showcase in Athens in May 2026
• Connection to the ONX Studio in New York
• Further development and presentation opportunities through the Onassis ONX network of partners

Read more in the Terms & Conditions.

ONX Seeds seeks to overcome the challenges of digital production by supporting creators at all stages of their idea, from concept to prototype development and, ultimately, the presentation of an artistically refined, technologically functional, and economically viable artistic work. The ONX Seeds’ objective is to bring new creators to the forefront of the international digital arts scene and make their work accessible to diverse audiences.

Privacy Policy

The program takes place in Athens and online, with English as the working language. Accordingly, the application form, program description, and participation regulations are available only in English. For further information, please consult the program’s Terms & Conditions. For any inquiries, please contact digital@onassis.org.