Call for Submissions BigCi Environmental Awards 2025

About the Open Call

We are excited to announce that we are once again inviting artists to apply for BigCi Environmental Awards! Australian and International artists from various fields – visual art, installation, multimedia, performance, literature, music, photography, film making, curating – are invited to submit entries for the BigCi Environmental Awards 2025. Two Winners of the Awards will each receive (4) free weeks at the BigCi residency and $5,000 prize money. The winning artists will have an opportunity to explore the UNESCO World Heritage-listed Wollemi, Blue Mountains and Gardens of Stone National Parks on guided walks and will be given research assistance relevant to their projects. At the end of their residencies, they will present their work at a BigCi Open Day event. The Awards will be judged by an independent panel of judges: UK-based Louise Beer and John Hooper, winners of BigCi Environmental Awards 2020, work together as “Pale Blue Dot Collective”. From a deep time perspective, the artists create a space for discussion around the climate disaster, the damage we are collectively participating in and its universal impact. They use installation, film, photography and sound in their collaborative and independent practices to examine our place within the universe. Allan Giddy is a Sydney-based artist, lecturer, and the Founding Director of ERIA (Environmental Research Initiative for Art), COFA (now UNSW A&D). Involving significant interdisciplinary collaboration, his work and research sits at the intersection of sustainable energy systems, electronic interconnectivity and interactivity, and the physical art object. Yandell Walton, winner of the BigCi Environmental Award 2024, is a multi-award-winning artist based in Narrm/Melbourne whose immersive installations and moving image works explore the intersections of art, technology, and ecology. Her work responds to deep immersion in place through residencies and field trips, engaging with ecologies and more-than-human perspectives. She employs technology to create embodied environments that challenge anthropocentric narratives, focusing on ecological entanglement.

What is Offered

Two winners will each receive 4 free weeks at the BigCi residency, $5,000 prize money, guided walks in national parks, and research assistance. They will also present their work at a BigCi Open Day.

Requirements

Australian and International artists from various fields – visual art, installation, multimedia, performance, literature, music, photography, film making, curating – are invited to submit entries for the BigCi Environmental Awards 2025. Submissions must show how artists will respond to environmental issues of the day using their chosen medium, with relevance to the Wollemi National Park in the UNESCO World Heritage-listed Greater Blue Mountains being essential. Inspirational projects to be executed within the residency timeframe are sought.

How to Apply

For the SUBMISSION FORM & GUIDELINES, see BigCi Environmental Awards 2025-Submission Form (https://bigci.wufoo.com/forms/mj0id7w0gfxtom/)