Concept NULL Newsletter #60
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Whatâs up everybody!
Weâre happy to have you back with us. We have some exciting soft announcements and dates to transmit to you. So letâs get to that first, shall we?
On the 15th of November, we will be presenting to you Concept Null 2025. We will have a meetup during the day in our usual style (along with a special guest) and an evening of performances, all in the amazing space that is Dance Limerick! We will send out a full program along with ticket links in the next week, so keep an eye out for that.
We also have a super exciting collaboration with Synthesize_Her coming up: a week-long, sound system-building workshop for FLINTA participants during Ireland Design Week (Nov 17th - 21st) 2025 so we will be sending you more details and tickets on that next week too!
And as always, if you want to support this project, please share this newsletter! And if you want to submit something, email us at conceptnullofficial@gmail.com
đŚ Spotlight
TouchDesigner Dublin Meetup
Organiser/s: Tog Hackerspace
Location: Dublin
Date: 22-10-2025 â (㣠°Р°;)ăŁ
A monthly meetup for anyone curious about TouchDesigner, from complete beginners to experienced creators. Whether you want to learn the basics, share your projects, or connect with others using the software, the meetup provides a welcoming space to do so. Each session will run for about two hours in a relaxed, hands-on setting. With multiple rooms available at TĂłg Hackerspace, we can run beginner and advanced activities side by side if needed, so everyone gets the most from the evening. Expect an informal, community-driven environment where the format adapts to participants. You can bring a laptop to follow along, show your work, or simply join the conversation. The event is an opportunity to meet other creative technologists and artists, and to further develop the growing TouchDesigner community in Ireland. More info in the link below!
đŞ Events
The Lark Unending
Organiser/s: National Concert Hall
Location: National Concert Hall
Date: 04-11-2025 â 04-11-2025
An electroacoustic performance by David Donohoe featuring live flute and percussion, combining field recordings of skylarks from the Glenasmole Valley with electronic sound. The piece explores relationships between natural soundscapes and human perception, reflecting on biodiversity, memory, and environmental change through immersive spatial composition.
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Beta Festival 2025
Organiser/s: Beta Fest
Location: Dublin
Date: 07-11-2025 â 23-11-2025
Beta is Irelandâs festival of art and technology, exploring the societal impact of emerging technologies via exhibitions, workshops, debates, and installations. It offers commissioning, residencies and mentorship opportunities, bridging creative practice and tech research. The festival aims to highlight ethical frameworks, equity in data and immersive practices while positioning Ireland as a node in the global networked world.
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Strange lands still bear common ground - TULCA 2025
Organiser/s: TULCA
Location: Various locations
Date: 07-11-2025 â 23-11-2025
TULCA 2025 brings together Irish and international artists under the theme Strange lands still bear common ground. The festival expands across galleries and public sites in Galway, presenting exhibitions, performances and talks that explore belonging, displacement and interconnectedness in a time of cultural fragmentation and ecological uncertainty.
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Soundthread - A visual interface for CDP
The Composers Desktop Project is a set of scripts used to process audio offline, which allows for some insane sound design possibilities and has been used by Trevor Wishart, Aphex Twin (among a big group others) for several decades. Sound thread is a visual interface that uses a convenient node system to use the CDP and itâs so much fun (and free!)
đŻ Open Calls
Dry Facts And the Judgement of Imagination
Deadline: 22-10-2025
Organiser/s: screen service
Location: Ireland
Dry Facts And the Judgement of Imagination invites works that explore the tensions between systemic observation and artistic portrayal. These works will form an online exhibition in the form of a national database for built heritage. We are seeking proposals from artists and writers that are playful in considering this format.
The selected artist will expand on an existing artwork or idea. The selected writer will make a text that departs from that artwork during a period of engagement with the artist and curator CĂłilĂn OâConnell across November 2025. The exhibition will go online in December 2025.
EMAF 2026: Call for Entries
Deadline: 22-10-2025
Organiser/s: EMAF
Location: Germany
Media artists from around the world can now enter their work to be considered for the 2026 European Media Art Festival. We welcome current works in the categories Film (experimental short and feature films), Installation (installative, interactive, spatial or sculptural media art works), and Expanded (performances, live events, or workshops). Entering works is free of charge. The 39th European Media Art Festival will take place from 22 to 26 April 2026. The exhibition at Kunsthalle OsnabrĂźck will continue beyond the festival, closing on 25 May 2026. More info in the link below!
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MECHANICAL FORESTS
Deadline: 19-10-2025
Organiser/s: Kunstverein Global Forest
Location: Germany
The Donaueschingen Music Days, that Festival Musica Strasbourg and the Kunstverein Global Forest invite sound artists together, for a 3â4 month residence in St. Georgen in the Black Forest (Germany) to apply for the year 2026. The residence includes a research phase with the aim of developing a sound installation, which will be presented at the Donaueschinger Musiktage in October 2026 and at a later date at the Festival Musica in Strasbourg. In addition, the artist will become selected students of the HEAR (Haute Ăcole des Arts du Rhin Strasbourg) accompany and supervise in workshops. More info in the link below!
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Fingal Arts Act Grant Scheme 2026
Deadline: 05-12-2025
Organiser/s: Fingal County Council
Location: Fingal
The Arts Act Grant Scheme 2026 supports individuals, community groups and organisations developing creative projects in Fingal. Funding spans visual arts, performance, film and interdisciplinary work, aiming to encourage public engagement, local cultural activity and professional development under the Arts Act 2003 framework.
đ Residencies
Institute for Electronic Arts â New Media Residency Programme
Deadline: 31-10-2025
Organiser/s: Institute for Electronic Arts
Location: New York
The IEA New Media Residency Programme supports artists working with sound, moving image, and interactive technologies. Residents receive studio access, technical support, and opportunities to engage the Alfred University community through talks or workshops. The residency facilitates experimentation and contributes to an evolving archive of electronic and media art practices.
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25AV: Open Call
Deadline: 30-10-2025
Organiser/s: 25AV
Location: various
25AV invites artistic collaboration projects and collectives from across Europe(+) to apply for the 25AV Residency Programme, a pan-European platform for collaborative artistic production in the fields of media art, sound, performance, and audiovisual experimentation. Funded by the Creative Europe Programme 25AV fosters dialogue and exchange among emerging and early-career artists through a network of residencies in five European cities. More info in the link below!
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Arts Council Digital Artist in Residence University Pilot Programme
Deadline: 17-10-2025
Organiser/s: Arts Council Ireland
Location: Cork
The Arts Council has partnered with Universities in Cork, Galway and Limerick to run a pilot Digital Artist in Residence Programme. The pilot has been established as part of the Arts Councilâs Digital Arts Policy. It focuses on providing a stimulating environment for the resident Digital Artists and affording them a degree of financial support to concentrate on their own digital arts practice. More info in the link below!
âđ ď¸ Workshops
New Obsolescence â ReFunct Media Workshop with Benjamin Gaulon
Deadline: 21-11-2025
Organiser/s: Fire Station Artistsâ Studios
Location: Dublin
A three-day intensive exploring media archaeology and reuse, led by artist and researcher Benjamin Gaulon. The workshop investigates ârefunctâ practices that repurpose obsolete or discarded technologies, addressing waste, repair and material cycles in electronic culture. Participants engage in hands-on experimentation and critical discussion around sustainability and digital obsolescence.
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Connected Horizons Programme: Nov 4th
Deadline: 04-11-2025
Organiser/s: Visual Artists Ireland
Location: Online
The Connected Horizons Programme supports artists based in Fermanagh, Laois, Limerick, Roscommon, Sligo and Wicklow through an online âShow & Tellâ session introducing regional arts organisations. The event facilitates peer connection, feedback and presentation opportunities, with follow-up sessions focused on critique and in-person networking later in November.
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Thatâs it for now! The newsletter gets sent out 1st and 15th of every month and we post open calls and events as they come in on our Instagram so be sure to follow us there.
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Again, thank you for all of your support as we continue to grow our project with the help of a great community and, as we always say, we would love to hear your thoughts, projects, events or other open opportunities so drop us an email.
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Chat soon, Concept NULL
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