Open Call
Endless Forest: Roots and Renewal
WA Museum × ALT Alliance
Curatorial Statement
Endless Forest: Roots and Renewal seeks to reimagine how we encounter and embody the natural world in the digital age. As climate change reshapes landscapes and communities worldwide, digital art offers not only a mirror of loss but also a living space for resilience, remembrance, and renewal.
This exhibition asks: What does it mean to care for nature—and for ourselves—when our realities increasingly unfold in hybrid, virtual, and mediated spaces?
The selected works traverse immersive forests, speculative ecosystems, and poetic terrains, weaving together personal memory with collective imagination. Through 3D environments, generative AI, video, and interactive practices, these artists cultivate a new kind of forest—one that exists both everywhere and nowhere, growing across screens, networks, and shared virtual space.
In this forest, art becomes an act of care: remembering what is fragile, transforming what is possible, and sustaining communities across distance. The exhibition invites audiences to wander, reflect, and ask—how can our digital practices nurture our ultimate relationships with nature?
Endless Forest unfolds on Spatial.io as a living digital terrain where art cultivates a Digital Forest—an expansive poetic landscape for audiences to wander, reflect, and reconnect with ecological space and cultural memory in evolving, hybrid forms.
Theme
We welcome works that engage with the following ideas:
Sustainability — ecological awareness, responsible futures, and evolving relationships between humans and the natural world
Environment — emotional atmospheres, physical forces, virtual ecosystems, and the spaces we inhabit
Resilience — how nature and people adapt, regenerate, or persist under ecological pressure
Rural Culture — cultural roots and memories shaped by landscape, heritage, and place-based environments
Memory — personal or collective echoes connected to nature and shifting ecological contexts
Community — shared creative ecosystems formed across distance, culture, and digital space
Transformation — emerging identities, speculative ecologies, and reimagined futures in hybrid environments
Submission
We welcome submissions from digital artists, new media creators, and interdisciplinary practitioners of all backgrounds
Accepted works include:
● Painting & Drawing
● Photography
● 3D Virtual Installation
● Video Art / Moving Image
● Mixed Media Artwork
● Experimental and Hybrid Practices
Exhibition Format
● Virtual Gallery: Presented on Spatial.io
● Curated Digital Space: A thoughtfully designed environment that balances imaginative nature-inspired aesthetics with a strong curatorial focus on individual artworks
● Public Programs: Global online meetups and an international virtual opening event creating cross-cultural dialogue among artists and audiences
● Curatorial Support: Curatorial writing, artwork interpretation, and artist feature storytelling
Documentation & Media
1. Photo & Visual Coverage
High-resolution virtual gallery walkthrough captures
Optimized press visuals including artist and curator portraits
Imaginative yet clean artwork displays prepared for catalogues and media
2. Video Content
Short artwork motion clips
A 1–2 minute exhibition highlight reel
Optional 5–10 minute documentary archive (additional fee applies)
3. Global Press Feature
100+ global media recap features
4. Artist Interviews
Artist interview feature with editing support (additional fee applies)
5. Exhibition Certificate
Official exhibition participation certificates
Timeline
● Submission Deadline: January 1, 2026
● Exhibition Period: February 1 – March 31, 2026
● Virtual Opening Day: February 1, 2026
Fee
Application is free of charge. Entry fees apply upon artwork acceptance.
Contact & Submission
Please include the following materials:
High-resolution JPG images or 3D artwork previews
Artwork Details — Title, Medium, Dimensions, and Year of Creation
Short Description — 100-250 words of artist statement and artwork description
About WA+
Nestled in Beigou Village at the foot of the Mutianyu Great Wall, WA Museum is an experimental cultural extension rooted in local heritage and community narratives. WA+ is a virtual platform that expands the cultural value of the physical WA Museum into the digital realm.
The platform enables global access to cultural origins and fosters curatorial research, virtual dialogue, and interdisciplinary artistic collaboration. By connecting rural culture, historical memory, and contemporary digital expression, WA+ builds meaningful bridges between artists, communities, and evolving cultural landscapes worldwide.
About ALT
ALT Alliance is a New-York-registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit working at the intersection of art, law and technology, supporting community well-being through workshops, exhibitions, cultural campaigns, and institutional creative collaborations.