The projects recover overlooked contributors to internet histories, expose and subvert deeply rooted hierarchies, investigate the political and material continuities of network infrastructures, develop alternative tools that acknowledge the environmental costs of digital technologies, and question the inherited conservative logics that still impact online spaces.

The submissions offered thoughtful and nuanced perspectives on network conditions, online cultures, and the structures that organize life on and through the internet. It was inspiring to see so many projects challenge dominant narratives about the web past and present through investigations of protocols, platforms, archives, governance, and internet standards. Across a wide range of contexts and approaches, the proposed projects explored strategies of resistance, intervention, refusal, repair, and collective reimagination, while pointing toward technological and social infrastructures that serve shared needs rather than extract from them.

While we regret that we are only able to support a small fraction of the many outstanding proposals, the breadth and quality of the submissions speak to the urgency of these questions and the richness of artistic engagement with them. The jury—Chia Amisola, Olia Lialina, and Vladan Joler—selected eight projects that reflect the diversity of the applications, both in their thematic approaches and the contexts from which they emerge. The selected projects will receive a total of €44,800 in support, mentoring sessions with the jury members, and will be presented in an online exhibition in winter 2026/27.