ONX Seeds 2026 — Soft Circuits for Hard Times: Prototype Incubation for New Media Creators
Onassis Foundation
ONX Seeds is the Onassis Foundation's incubation programme for early-stage art-and-technology projects. The 2026 edition, 'Soft Circuits for Hard Times', asks for functional prototypes that move between the analog and the digital — interactive installations, moving-image works, generative systems, playable worlds, wearables, sound works and speculative design objects that audiences can touch, i...
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Up to four prototypes are selected for a four-month artistic development programme. Each receives €1,000–€5,000 in production seed funding (set per project from the submitted budget), weekly production and technical mentoring, online masterclasses, access to the new ONX Studio at Onassis Ready in Athens, and presentation at the ONX Exhibition in Athens in March 2027. Travel and accommodation for participants based outside Athens are covered, as is transport of the prototype to the exhibition. There is no separate artistic fee for the exhibition.
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Open to Greek and international emerging creators, artists and teams working with new media, digital culture and hybrid forms of storytelling — new media creators, creative technologists, speculative, fashion, product and game designers, developers, sound and visual artists, innovators and makers. Individuals, collectives, creative studios and early-stage enterprises may apply; a limited exhibition or production history does not count against applicants. One application per lead applicant. All materials must be submitted in English.
Dates & details
- Programme dates
- Four-month programme; ONX Exhibition, Athens, March 2027
- Results
- By 20 December 2026 (interviews 27 November – 4 December 2026)
- Language
- English (application and programme)