Vector Festival 2026
Who Cares for the Cyborg?
July 9 – 19, 2026
Presented by InterAccess, this year's festival digs into the guts, the gunk, and the gears of the mechanical bodies that make up our technologies.
The 14th edition of Vector Festival will search for parallels between computer and human bodies, looking at how we overheat and sweat, bleed coolant, and are circuited through our veins. In an era of thinner phones and hidden wires, the physical footprint of our technology is obscured, erasing the reminder for maintenance and care. How does this impact those with insulin pumps at their hips or prosthetic arms that require batteries? Can we push back against the techno-optomist desire to create posthuman bodies by seeking to understand the machines already in our homes?
The festival includes a flagship exhibition curated by Ciar O'Mahony, a showcase of game art developed by the 5th cohort of gamemakers-in-residence curated by Bracy Appeikumoh, an augmented reality multi-site exhibition co-presented with SariSari Xchange, and more.
We invite submissions of artwork to the festival’s 2026 programming, outlined below.
The festival runs July 9 – 19, 2026, with most exhibitions and site activations running through July 9 – August 8, 2026.
There is no limit on the number of submissions per program or overall.
Vector Festival does not charge submission fees or provide production expenses. All artists selected for participation will receive fees in accordance with CARFAC and IMAA fee schedules, as well as support to apply for external funding.
