Concept NULL Newsletter #64
👋 Welcome
Happy 2026, and we hope everyone had a not so stressful start to the new year!
For this month, we have some exciting news to share:
The TouchDesigner Meetup Dublin Event, in collaboration with TOG Hackerspace, will continue until June this year!
Derivative has kindly offered to sponsor the series heading into this year! ❤️ So a huge thank you to everyone involved to make this happen 🤘
The event will be run by the same group of organisers, but under a new name: NóidLab —Give them a follow!
The first session in this series will be held on the 28th of January @ TOG Hackerspace, starting at 7PM. If you want to pop in and say hi to the community, or to learn more about TouchDesigner, feel free to come along--no matter your level of experience. More information below!
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Alongside this, the Arts Council are seeking interest from artist and arts professionals to join their peer panel for accessing applications, which obviously plays a key role in decisions on funding applications. We want to encourage people in the New Media sphere to apply, if you have the capacity to do so! Link can be found down below in the Open Call section (^^ゞ
Anyways, on to our regularly scheduled programming — 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
🔦 Spotlight
TouchDesigner Meetup Dublin @ TOG Hackerspace
Organiser/s: TOG
Location: Dublin
Date: 28-01-2026 [7pm - 10pm]
The TouchDesigner Monthly Meetup series with TOG Hackerspace will continue into 2026 for 6 months, thanks to the support of Derivative. They’re also introducing NóidLab, the new collective of organisers and practitioners the events will run under. Join their creative technology community via Discord or contact noidlab.collective@gmail.com to get involved. The meetups are hosted each month by a group of artists and creative technologists:
For the first set of demonstrations will be run by two of our organisers—Ciaran & Serdar. Ciaran will focus on utilising POPs to manipulate 3D models created with 2D images. Following this, Serdar will be demonstrating how to build a digital instrument using TouchDesigner and MediaPipe.
A special thanks to TOG and Derivative for supporting this undertaking.
🎪 Events
Artist Meetup Limerick
Organiser/s: Spacecraft
Location: Limerick
Date: 29-01-2026 → 29-01-2026
A monthly artist monthly meet up in the GAFFs new building at 30 Lord Edward street. This meet up is open to artists across all art forms including, Visual arts, Dance, Theatre, Music & Writing. The meet up aims to create a welcoming space for connections, conversions and creative community. The first meet-up is January 29th at 6pm in The GAFF Limerick. To express interest for attending, please send your name and art form to spacecraftlimerick@gmail.com
SPEAKER - MOMENT FACTORY
Organiser/s: RNDRFesitval
Location: Belfast
Date: 12-02-2026 → 13-02-2026
As part of Rendr Festival, Simon Léveillé will be speaking about his work as the Director of Multimedia and Art Direction as well as Concept Writing at Moment Factory.
Articles & More 📖
Ed Devane, Open-Studios
Irish sound artist, Ed Devane, is gathering interest for a monthly hands-on meetup focused on exploring sound through electronics, digital fabrication, and collaborative practice.
The studio offers a wealth of gear, materials, and prototypes, providing a rich environment for experimentation and creative play.
Interested? Get in contact w/ Ed!
About Department of Interfaced Dimensions
About Department of Interfaced Dimensions reflects on the collaborative residency format V2_ developed during the Realities in Transition Residency in 2024. Bringing together seven artists with complementary expertise, the residency emphasized shared authorship, negotiation, and experimentation as central strategies for creating a complex XR work.
📯 Open Calls
Friars Gate Theatre 2026
Deadline: 27-02-2026
Organiser/s: Friars Gate Theatre
Location: Limerick
“Friars Gate Theatre is now looking for applications for exhibitions for the 2026 calendar. There are only 11 slots available to exhibit in 2026 and we would love to hear from you! If you are interested please send an artist bio and 3 high quality images to friarsgatetheatre@gmail.com and address your application to our artistic director, Katie. All artists at any stages / mediums welcome.”
Studio Light Moves Open Futures 2026
Deadline: 12-02-2026
Organiser/s: Lightmoves Festival of Screendance
Location: Limerick
Studio Light Moves invites dance artists and digital/media artists to apply for Open Futures 2026, a residency programme that explores the intersection of dance, technology and screen-based practice. Now in its fourth year, Open Futures supports three collaborative artist pairs to develop new interdisciplinary work through a paid residency and Creative Lab in Limerick, Ireland.
Arts Council Ireland Peer Panel
Deadline: 03-02-2026
Organiser/s: Arts Council Ireland
Location: Ireland
The Arts Council is currently inviting expressions of interest from artists and arts professionals interested in being part of our peer panels, which play a key role in decisions on funding applications. Every year, independent panels made up of artists and arts professionals assess a large volume of applications and make funding decisions that represent a substantial level of investment in the arts in Ireland. We are renewing our long list of peer panellists for the first time in six years to enhance the breadth, depth, and diversity of the peer assessment process, so that the make-up of future panels reflects today’s arts landscape Equity, diversity and inclusion are central to this call, and we welcome applications from artists and arts professionals who reflect the diversity of people and communities in Ireland today, across different backgrounds, artforms, regions and lived experiences.
🏠 Residencies
KIKK x CCN Residency 2026
Deadline: 15-02-2026
Organiser/s: KIKK
Location: Belgium
The aim of this residency is to foster interdisciplinary research, experimentation, and artistic creation through digital and technological media, providing a framework conducive to exploration, prototyping, and dialogue across disciplines.
Galway Artists Residency 2026 from Interface
Deadline: 06-02-2026
Organiser/s: Interface
Location: Galway
We are delighted to announce the opportunity for 2 artists from both Galway County and Galway City to apply for a 2 week residency at Interface in 2026. Proposals are invited from practicing artists, writers, and musicians whose work explores intersections between scientific research, environmental concerns and the arts. Interface offers artists an opportunity to engage with a unique environment and to be inspired by the exciting research taking place in a spectacular landscape.
💰 Funding
Fingal Artists Support Scheme 2026
Deadline: 27-02-2026
Organiser/s: Fingal County Council
Location: Fingal
Fingal County Council Arts Office is pleased to announce the return of the Fingal Artists’ Support Scheme for 2026. This funding stream offers professional artists the opportunity to apply for up to €5,000 to support travel and professional development opportunities, a residency, or towards the development of work.
Bursary Award Round 1 2026
Deadline: 12-02-2026
Organiser/s: Arts Council Ireland
Location: Ireland
The Bursary Award supports individual artists to develop their artistic practice. It focuses on providing artists with the time and resources they need to think, research, reflect, and deeply engage with their artistic practice.
🔓 Studio Vacancies
Emerging Artists for Upcoming Studios at Rua Red
Deadline: 20-01-2026
Organiser/s: Rua Red
Location: Dublin
Rua Red are inviting applications from emerging visual artists working in any visual arts discipline —painting, sculpture, video, photography, textiles, etc. for two upcoming studio spaces.
That’s 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.
Chat soon, Concept NULL
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