We look forward to a year shaped by ecological transformation and wounded, post-extractive landscapes. Among the selected projects are works that engage with ecological recovery and non-human perspectives, critical approaches to AI and algorithmic systems, and speculative investigations of planetary infrastructures such as satellites, space debris, and data-driven forms of control. Other projects develop hybrid forms of intelligence across microbial, fungal, chemical, and machine-based systems, or explore immersive environments that position audiences within shifting technical and social conditions.

The European Media Art Platform (EMAP) is a European residency network supporting emerging artists working at the intersection of media art, technology, and interdisciplinary practice. Out of 643 submissions from across Europe, the participating member institutions jointly selected the 2026 artists during the jury conference hosted at the MEET Digital Culture Center in Milano.

Selected EMAP Artists 2026

Ars Electronica (Linz, Austria)
Calin Segal

Chroniques (Marseille, France)
Noemi Iglesias Barrios

CIKE Creative Industry Košice (Košice, Slovakia)
Ida Hiršenfelder

gnration (Braga, Portugal)
sikau/půbalová (Dr. Lea Luka Tiziana Sikau and Denisa Půbalová)

iMAL (Brussels, Belgium)
Éva Csonka

IMPAKT [Centre for Media Culture] (Utrecht, Netherlands)
Paolo Cirio

Kersnikova Institute [Kapelica Gallery] (Ljubljana, Slovenia)
Ivan Iovine

KONTEJNER | bureau of contemporary art praxis (Zagreb, Croatia)
Where Dogs Run

LABoral Centro de Arte y Creación Industrial (Gijón, Spain)
Mohsen Hazrati

MEET Digital Culture Center (Milano, Italy)
Ariella Vidach

NeMe (Limassol, Cyprus)
César Escudero Andaluz

Onassis Foundation (Athens, Greece)
Celine Daemen and Aron Fels

RIXC Centre for New Media Culture (Riga, Latvia)
Agnieszka Pokrywka

Werkleitz Centre for Media Art (Halle/Saale, Germany)
Loïs Soleil

WRO Art Center (Wrocław, Poland)
Thomas Garnier