Art and Bitcoin
Foundation for Contemporary Art Prague is a professional guarantor and organizer of an international OPEN CALL for a new artwork initiated by Czech Bitcoin community Jednadvacet.org.
OPEN CALL is announced on September 12, 2026, deadline for submissions is November 10, 2026.
Foundation for Contemporary Art Prague is a professional guarantor and organizer of an international OPEN CALL for a new artwork initiated by Czech Bitcoin community Jednadvacet.org.
OPEN CALL is announced on September 12, 2026, deadline for submissions is November 10, 2026.
Art and Bitcoin - an opportunity for artists working in all media
NSU and Jednadvacet.org are announcing a unique OPEN CALL. The competition calls for submissions of concepts for artworks, projects, intervention scenarios, or performances—in short, proposals for an artistic work that can be realized under the provided open license. Exploring the theme of the digital currency Bitcoin offers an opportunity for artists working in all media.
Deadline for submissions: November 10, 2026
Prizes: 5 finalists, each 21.000 CZK
95.000 CZK on top for the winner to finalize the documentation and for an open licence
Estimated budget for the subsequent realization up to 1.000.000 CZK
Full competition rules and submission forms are available for download on top of this site. Further reading on the open call theme please find in The Expert Committee’s Statement, the Initiator’s Statement and the text Art and Bitcoin available through Jednadvacet.org website.
Expert committee
Independent members:
Mgr. Denisa Reshef Kera, PhD, chair of the expert committee, Tel Aviv based Czech curator and media theorist specialising in blockchain and emerging technologies, author of Algorithms and Automation (Routledge, 2023), Associate Professor at Bar-Ilan University, where she heads the Design & Policy Lab
Mgr. Noemi Purkrábková, media theorist, PhD candidate at the Department of Film Studies, Faculty of Arts, Charles University, curator, editor of the journal Art Antiques, university lecturer at the Department of Photography, FAMU in Prague, co-founder of the audiovisual collective BCAAsystem
Prof. Mgr. David Kořínek, university lecturer and intermedia artist (Rafani Group), publicist, vice-rector for External Relations at the Faculty of Art and Design at Jan Evangelista Purkyně University in Ústí nad Labem
Internal members:
Kamil Bouška, member of the executive committee of the Czech Crypto Association (ČKMA), populariser and key figur e in the Czech Bitcoin scene, author of the publication The Big Book About Bitcoin and Cryptocurrencies: Financial Literacy for Everyone
Kryštof Korč, COO of Confirmo Group, co-founder of the Translux festival of interdisciplinary visual arts, editor of the journal FOTO, member of the APF and judge for the Czech Photography Personality Award
Iniciator and a Client of this competition is Czech Bitcoin community Jednadvacet.org represented by The Malahar Network association.