Open Call
“The New Allergies”
Collective Exhibition
GEN-IA and IIIIL open an international Open Call for digital artists working with artificial intelligence, in collaboration with the creative communities AI/CC and FRMWRK, as part of the first GEN-IA Creative Day.
The selected works will be exhibited in March 2026 at the Centro Cultural Las Cigarreras, Alicante, Spain.
About the Exhibition
“The New Allergies” explores the emotional, aesthetic and cultural reactions that artificial intelligence is generating within contemporary creative practices.
AI produces attraction and rejection at the same time. It introduces new sensitivities, visual frictions, hybrid aesthetics and shifts in authorship and process. This exhibition focuses on how human creativity responds to these changes.
Artists may approach the concept by representing these new allergies through tension, mutation or discomfort, or by imagining possible remedies, adaptations and new ways of coexisting with AI-driven creation, including works exploring architecture and built environments.
About GEN-IA
GEN-IA is an open day, critical and accessible event focused on the real possibilities of artificial intelligence applied to creative processes. It is conceived as a space to share knowledge without rigidity, to open debates without labels, and to learn from practices that are already shaping the present of art, design, audiovisual creation, architecture, photography and digital culture.
GEN-IA approaches AI not as a spectacle, but as a creative substance that, when used consciously, can open new paths across disciplines and ways of thinking.
Who Can Apply
This Open Call is open to digital artists working with artificial intelligence across visual art, photography, architecture, audiovisual creation, motion and experimental formats.
Exhibition Format
A total of 50 works will be selected:
20 image works, printed in large format (50 x 70 cm) and exhibited physically
30 audiovisual works, screened as part of the exhibition
Submission Requirements
Each submission must include:
For image works
For audiovisual works
For all works
Selection
All submissions will be evaluated anonymously by an external and independent jury, based on artistic and conceptual criteria.
What Selected Artists Receive
Selected artists will:
Take part in the official GEN-IA collective exhibition
Exhibit or screen their work at Centro Cultural Las Cigarreras
Be featured in the official event magazine with artwork, artist name, photograph and prompt
Receive visibility through the communication channels and social media of the event and its collaborating communities.
Participation Fee
A non-refundable participation fee applies:
Payment does not guarantee selection.
Key Dates
Submission deadline: February 2, 2026
Selected works announcement: February 10, 2026
Exhibition opening: March 12, 2026 at 7:00 PM
Exhibition dates: March 12 to March 27, 2026.
GEN-IA Creative Day: March 14, 2026
Location: Centro Cultural Las Cigarreras, Alicante
Collaborations
This Open Call is part of the first GEN-IA Creative Day, an event focused on creativity and artistic processes involving artificial intelligence. The project is developed in collaboration with international creative communities working at the intersection of art, technology and visual experimentation.
You can learn more about the event and the collaborating communities through the following links:
GEN-IA website: https://alicantegenia.es
IIIIL
AI/CC
FRMWRK
