Open Call for Artists of All Mediums – The Wrong Biennale

An Authentic Delirium is a hybrid experimental exhibition curated by Jes Chen and produced by SPIRA9 ART, presented as an official Embassy of The Wrong Biennale 7th Edition (2025–2026). This project examines the paradox of artificial intimacy and questions how authenticity operates within systems designed to simulate feeling. Rather than positioning technology as deceptive or neutral, the exhibition focuses on moments where emotional experience feels undeniably real—precisely because of its artificial construction. Authenticity is approached not as sincerity or truth, but as a fragile state produced through instability, mediation, and emotional excess.

The exhibition seeks works that involve artificial intelligence as a collaborator, tool, or conceptual driver; examine artificial or mediated forms of intimacy, care, or emotional exchange; question how authenticity functions within algorithmic, scripted, or simulated systems; engage the tension between human vulnerability and coded companionship; explore emotional states produced through glitches, errors, hallucinations, or system failure; and create experiences that feel convincing yet uncanny. All media are welcome, with strong emphasis on screen-based, digital, and new media practices including digital art, video, interactive works, AI/generative art, networked practices, sound, installation, performance, and interdisciplinary forms. Screen-based works are particularly encouraged, and the exhibition will provide screens and basic display infrastructure.

Selected artists will participate in a 5-day physical exhibition at Indra Gallery (New Space) in East London from March 13-17, 2026, and will have their works presented permanently in an official Pavilion of The Wrong Biennale 7th Edition online. Artists will receive official invitation letters, professional visibility through SPIRA9 ART's networks, potential press and media features through The Wrong Biennale and UK/international outlets, and curatorial and technical support. There are no application, participation, or additional fees. Submissions are made via Google Form at https://forms.gle/TyEMkHiNFo2QmYQ1A with a deadline of February 25, 2026.